Chapter 486 — The Most Miserable Demigod in History

[Shi Jin: Senior Martial Emperor, keep going. Its condition is still far too good—this is not yet the best moment to use the Spirit of the Purifying Sea!] "Good!!!" The Martial Emperor gave a long cry and threw another punch. BOOM!!!

The Martial Emperor's fist wind met Yun Han's colossal claw, and as the claw split and shattered, Yun Han roared in fury. By now Yun Han's mindset had begun to crack—suppressed by the Martial Emperor the entire time, it had no strength left to counterattack.

It could not win the fight, and it could not flee—leaving Yun Han with the feeling that it might as well give up struggling.

If it were only the Martial Emperor, that would be one thing—but all of this was because of that human who had appeared out of nowhere. Yun Han raged, blaming Shi Jin entirely: if not for Shi Jin's support, a mere Martial Emperor could never have trapped it!

"ROAR!!!" At that moment, sensing one subordinate after another dying miserably, Yun Han realized the tide had turned. At this rate, forget fleeing west to lord it over others—whether it could even leave the Yun Kingdom alive was now a question.

"Wu Dong, you forced me to this!!!" Sensing its condition worsening by the moment, the taut string in Yun Han's heart finally snapped, and its gaze filled with venom and savagery. At worst, mutual destruction!!! It was an elemental being, a demigod-level elemental being—so long as a single fragment of its core remained, in a thousand years there would still be hope of revival. These humans, by contrast, would all return to dust and earth. Self-detonation!

Though it was self-detonation, it could very well preserve a fragment of its core during the blast, and with the force of the explosion break through this domain that suppressed spatial power, cast the core into another space, teleport it somewhere impossibly far, and wait to be reborn. "ROAR!!!!" At that thought, Yun Han decided it could hesitate no longer—otherwise, in a moment it would not even have the strength to self-detonate. BOOM!!!!

Yun Han made its final burst; energy surged through its body, swelling and merging into its flesh—yet the very next instant, it was like a balloon with a hole in it: barely inflated, the energy it meant to detonate with was instantly suppressed back!!! Yun Han: ????

[Lin, Chongchong: Detected Yun Han attempting self-detonation. Have suppressed its energy flow back with all our strength!]

High in the sky, within the forbidden domain of the Four Sages, Chongchong and Lin pushed their power to the utmost at this moment, solely to block Yun Han's self-detonation. Veins bulged on Chongchong's body, and even with Lin's enhancement, it still trembled somewhat.

As for Lin, even with its ultimate intelligence, its entire body's temperature spiked, some of its mechanisms overloading—suppressing the self-detonation force of a demigod was exceptionally difficult, and the many relics of the Four Sages' faith, as sacrificial offerings for the great formation, now burned like fire, consumed madly. "Ee." "Mm."

On Chongchong and Lin, Ginseng Baby and Susu had appeared at some point, laying their hands on them—one healing and nourishing, the other cooling and purifying—supporting Chongchong and Lin. "You think I'd let you self-detonate?" Seeing Yun Han's utterly stunned look, the Martial Emperor spoke at once. In that moment, Yun Han's expression crumbled—it had never imagined the other side would even factor its self-detonation into their plans, that they would still have a way to suppress its detonation force.

"Wua wua wua wua wua wua!!!" Amid Yun Han's furious, crumbling roars, the last straw that would crush its spirit fell, and Yun Han could only turn and unleash a still greater power, striking at the Martial Emperor.

The Martial Emperor had been waiting a long while; once more he and Yun Han clashed. Under the thunderous "boom boom boom" of battle, the bodies of Yun Han and the Martial Emperor—one crumbling without end, the other eroded without end by radiation—fought as though neither cared for its life.

Because his initial condition was better than Yun Han's, and because he had carried a Spirit of the Purifying Sea before the battle, the Martial Emperor's will to fight remained very clear. Yun Han, by contrast, had suffered grave wound after grave wound, and its mind and consciousness were collapsing ever further.

Several attempts at self-detonation were all suppressed back by the forbidden domain of the Four Sages that Chongchong and Lin jointly created.

In the sky, the figure of Shi Jin, red-haired and crimson-eyed, finally appeared after a long while. As the overall commander of this operation, he sensed Yun Han's current state of mind and will, and at last issued the final order.

[Shi Jin: Senior Martial Emperor, Susu—now.]

BOOM.

At Shi Jin's command, the Martial Emperor erupted with his utmost power and, reckless of the consequences, threw a punch that flipped Yun Han's entire body over, nearly rolling its eyes white, its consciousness utterly dazed, its spirit shaken.

And at that moment, Susu, the most crucial figure of all, finally broke free of Lin and unleashed the final strike. The full-force demigod-level Spirit of the Purifying Sea!!! Every last shred of power it had left!

A colossal figure ten thousand meters tall extended an arm of water-blue and enfolded Yunxuan directly within its vast palm. This time, Susu was not attacking, nor was it purifying radiation—Shi Jin had chosen to let it strike last for reasons of his own. [Shi Jin: Susu, purify its will, cleanse its spirit!!] As the mightiest sea demigod, purifying curses and plagues was merely Susu's most basic function. Its greatest power lay in having purified one abyssal sea demigod after another, turning them from servants of evil into guardians of the sea—from villains, purified into good beings. To take Yun'an alive, this purification was indispensable. At the same time, washing Yun'an's will down to the lowest possible level would also prevent it from self-detonating again—at such a degraded will, it would never find the courage to resist or blow itself up.

Using the Spirit of the Purifying Sea this way against a prime Yun'an would of course have been impossible, but if the target was weakened, its will clouded, its condition at rock bottom, the success rate would rise enormously. All but mind control! Zzzzzzz!!!

"ROAR!!!" The giant Susu clenched Yun'an between its palms, purification force flooding everywhere, and from within came Yun'an's earth-shaking screams of agony. Not far off, the Martial Emperor, blown back by the shockwave, panted softly and watched in silence.

After two or three minutes, Susu parted its palms, and Yun'an—vast as a city—dropped out of the air. Its power had been drained to the absolute dregs; the energy within had all but dispersed, scoured clean. Even had it wished to self-detonate, it no longer had the strength, could no longer pose any threat to a Legend. As it fell, its eyes were vacant, only a faint trace of awareness remaining. "Roar... (I want... to be a good person... I...)" "What the hell." Across from it, the Martial Emperor heard that feeble, pleading roar, and the corner of his mouth twitched as he stared at the exalted Spirit of the Cang Sea. It had actually worked?

The Spirit of the Cang Sea's purification was terrifying beyond words. [Shi Jin: Operation complete, over!]

Shi Zhuo's lips curved faintly; at this moment he was elated. It had truly succeeded—the Spirit of the Purifying Sea really could cleanse Yun'an's will and spirit. Which meant that once they returned, the Yun'an and Undying Dark Phoenix on his own side could be handled the same way.

For now, though, the priority was to question Yun Kuang about a few things!! This mattered even more than a renewable resource. Who knew how much time had passed.