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Chapter 1158: The Tragedy of a Head-On Clash

Explosive sounds erupted from Yang Haoran's body; that was because the restraining force applied to him had been broken through. The instant the explosive sounds rang out, the Spirit Aspect controlled by the Guardian Spirit suffered another backlash, and the pair of eyeballs that had been releasing the restraining force on Yang Haoran instantly exploded, with Yin Qi continuously surging from the hollow eye sockets.

As the caster's Guardian Spirit, it was not faring well either in this situation. Its body, which was originally only half-intact, now exploded again, affected by the backlash, turning into Yin Qi. Previously, with half its body remaining, now only a single head remained.

Having suffered such heavy damage, the Guardian Spirit's combat power was once again greatly weakened. The Spirit Aspect it had summoned by expending a vast amount of Communication Power and taking immense risks, due to lacking sufficient power to sustain it and coupled with successive backlashes and heavy damage, had now become quite ethereal.

However, the Guardian Spirit did not decide to give up. When its physical body exploded, leaving only a single head, it immediately mobilized its limited Communication Power, still intending to reform its body and continue the fight.

It wasn't that it believed it could still manage, or still continue to fight, but rather that it *couldn't* not, *couldn't* *not* continue fighting. Because in the current situation, it simply had no choice.

In its opinion, even if it could only exert a little residual power in its current state, it might still be able to change the final outcome of this slaughter. If it chose to escape, failing to even exert its last bit of residual power, then it would be unable to provide the Eyepatch Woman with any further assistance. Once the Eyepatch Woman was defeated, its fate certainly wouldn't be any better, so it could only brace itself and press on.

Just as the Guardian Spirit was expending Communication Power to rapidly reform its body, a massive palm suddenly descended from the sky, carrying an aura of destruction, and fiercely slapped down towards the Spirit Aspect it had summoned, striking squarely on the two eyeless heads.

This palm, descending from the sky, was enormous, considerably larger than the two heads of its Spirit Aspect combined. Moreover, the solidity of this palm also far surpassed that of the Spirit Aspect it had summoned.

BOOM! ! !

Not only the heads of this Spirit Aspect, but also its body failed to escape destruction. After the Aspect's two heads exploded, the palm's power remained undiminished, crushing downwards with overwhelming force. In an instant, it smashed the Spirit Aspect's physical body into smithereens, transforming it into streaks of Yin Qi that vanished completely.

This Spirit Aspect had its eyes destroyed twice in succession, and the Guardian Spirit, as its summoner, had suffered significant impact each time. Now that this Spirit Aspect was directly scattered by a single palm strike, the Guardian Spirit's impact was naturally even greater. Not only did its body, which had not yet fully reformed, explode once more, but this time, it couldn't even preserve its head; its head also exploded and turned into Yin Qi.

The instant the Guardian Spirit's body completely exploded and turned into Yin Qi, a figure suddenly appeared out of thin air. This person was none other than Yang Haoran, who had just broken free from the Spirit Aspect's restraint and vanished from his original position.

After Yang Haoran appeared, he did not hesitate for a moment. He immediately moved, summoning a Soul-Gathering Bead. Immediately after, chains emerged, lightning-fast, coiling around the Yin Qi that the Guardian Spirit had transformed into, and forcibly drawing it into the Soul-Gathering Bead!

All of this sounded like it took a long time, but in reality, it was only a fleeting moment. When Yang Haoran, in one fluid motion, forcibly drew the Guardian Spirit into the Soul-Gathering Bead, the Eyepatch Woman had only just managed to break the sealing force on her Spirit Aspect. This clearly showed that the entire process did not actually take long.

Precisely because the entire process was extremely brief, even though the Eyepatch Woman witnessed it all firsthand, she had no time to rescue, nor the ability to rescue. She could only watch helplessly as Yang Haoran, with a serene smile on his face, forcibly drew her Guardian Spirit into the Soul-Gathering Bead.

When she successfully broke the sealing force on her Spirit Aspect, she gained the ability to rescue, but had no time left for it, because her Guardian Spirit had already been drawn into the Soul-Gathering Bead by Yang Haoran.

However, the Eyepatch Woman did not give up because of this. While Yang Haoran was drawing her Guardian Spirit into the Soul-Gathering Bead, she had just broken the sealing force on her Spirit Aspect. The Soul-Gathering Bead containing her Guardian Spirit had not yet been stored by Yang Haoran into his Independent Space, so, in her view, she still had a small chance. As long as she could successfully snatch the Soul-Gathering Bead back from Yang Haoran's hands before he stored it into his Independent Space, then she could shatter the Soul-Gathering Bead and release her Guardian Spirit.

Conversely, if Yang Haoran stored the Soul-Gathering Bead into his Independent Space, then even if she won this great battle against Yang Haoran, her Guardian Spirit might not necessarily return. Because she dared not guarantee that Yang Haoran would willingly retrieve the Soul-Gathering Bead, nor did she dare guarantee that killing Yang Haoran would definitely burst open his Independent Space.

This was assuming she could even defeat Yang Haoran. If she couldn't defeat Yang Haoran, then it went without saying, she would have no chance whatsoever of retrieving the Soul-Gathering Bead.

Therefore, to reclaim the Soul-Gathering Bead and release her Guardian Spirit, she had to make her move and seize it before Yang Haoran stored the Soul-Gathering Bead into his Independent Space. Once Yang Haoran stored the Soul-Gathering Bead into his Independent Space, her chances of reclaiming the Soul-Gathering Bead and releasing her Guardian Spirit couldn't be said to be entirely nonexistent, but they were simply too low.

With her decision made, the Eyepatch Woman dared not delay for even a moment. Although she desperately wanted to curse Yang Haoran right then to vent her inner dissatisfaction and rage, due to the urgency of time, she could only forcefully suppress this thought, preparing to first seize the Soul-Gathering Bead. Before that, even a single word of nonsense was a waste of time for her, and time she couldn't afford to waste.

However, just as she was about to control her Spirit Aspect to snatch the Soul-Gathering Bead, Yang Haoran waved his hand and stored the Soul-Gathering Bead into his Independent Space. He gave her no chance to snatch it at all.

The Eyepatch Woman, who had originally felt a glimmer of hope, seeing Yang Haoran so decisively store the Soul-Gathering Bead into his Independent Space, was instantly stunned. Her expression froze on her face.

The next instant, the Eyepatch Woman, snapping back to reality, immediately went berserk. Just moments ago, she hadn't vented the rage in her heart through words, because she didn't have time for idle talk, nor did she dare to talk nonsense. Now that Yang Haoran had stored the Soul-Gathering Bead into his Independent Space right before her eyes, and she had lost her last chance to reclaim it, she naturally wouldn't care about racing against time like she had just now.

"Yang Haoran! You scoundrel! Today, it's either you or me!"

As her furious curses rang out, the Spirit Aspect, under the Eyepatch Woman's control, also launched an attack on Yang Haoran. Yang Haoran, unlike the Eyepatch Woman, did not lose composure in a fit of rage. Nor was he emotionally affected by her furious curses. When the Spirit Aspect attacked him, he didn't hesitate for a second, and immediately controlled his Death God's Law Aspect to defend.

Since the Spirit Aspect summoned by the Guardian Spirit had been scattered, the area where Yang Haoran and the Eyepatch Woman were currently located had only two Aspects overhead: one was the Spirit Aspect summoned by the Eyepatch Woman, and the other was the Death God's Law Aspect summoned by Yang Haoran. And Yang Haoran's Death God's Law Aspect had conveniently taken the place of the Spirit Aspect that had just been scattered.

In terms of size, the Death God's Law Aspect summoned by Yang Haoran was similar to the Spirit Aspect summoned by the Eyepatch Woman. However, in terms of solidity, Yang Haoran's Death God's Law Aspect slightly surpassed the Eyepatch Woman's Spirit Aspect.

The reason for this disparity was because the Spirit Aspect had consumed a considerable amount of power in the previous battle. Of course, this could also be understood as the Eyepatch Woman having consumed a significant amount of power herself; her inner power was not as profound as Yang Haoran's, so the Aspect she summoned was naturally not as solid as Yang Haoran's.

Since the solidity difference was not substantial, and the Eyepatch Woman was currently consumed by rage, she didn't notice this point. At this moment, her mind was solely fixated on one thought: to personally kill Yang Haoran!

Under the Eyepatch Woman's control, the Spirit Aspect slammed its two arms down towards Yang Haoran below. However, Yang Haoran was already prepared, so the moment the Spirit Aspect's hands crashed down towards his position, they were blocked by the Death God's Law Aspect, which extended its two hands.

The clash of two behemoths immediately unleashed a thunderous roar that echoed through the heavens. The very space trembled, and visible black energy waves swept outwards in all directions, rolling away like a dust storm.

The fierce gale whipped Yang Haoran's Death God attire, making it flap loudly. Yet his body remained utterly unmoving, as if rooted in the void. No matter how the gale assaulted him or the energy waves battered him, they could not shake him in the slightest.

Yang Haoran glanced at the two Aspects clashing overhead, then shifted his gaze to the Eyepatch Woman. He saw the Eyepatch Woman, her face contorted in a grimace, controlling the Spirit Aspect, as if she wished to shatter Yang Haoran's Death God's Law Aspect immediately. Her fierce expression starkly contrasted with Yang Haoran's serenity.

"Heh heh, our positions differ. From my perspective, I merely did what I had to do. It seems irrelevant whether I'm a scoundrel or not. Don't you think cursing me like that is a bit too absolute?"

Yang Haoran spoke with a faint smile. As his words fell, the third hand on the Death God's Law Aspect's chest suddenly clenched into a fist and swung a punch straight at the Spirit Aspect. The punch accurately and precisely struck the Spirit Aspect's chest.

BOOM! ! !

The power of this punch was enough to split mountains and cleave stone. Landing on the Spirit Aspect's body, it not only knocked the Spirit Aspect back a certain distance, but also caused some cracks to appear on its chest. From this, one could see how immense the power of this punch was. If it had directly struck a person, even a powerhouse like the Eyepatch Woman would have been severely wounded, if not killed outright, from taking such a punch head-on.

As the Spirit Aspect's body was knocked back, its two-handed attack was also broken at this moment. The Death God's Law Aspect, seizing this opportunity, transitioned from defense to offense. Its hands, originally used for defense, also launched an attack on the Spirit Aspect.

Facing the Death God's Law Aspect's surging offense, the Eyepatch Woman could only control her Spirit Aspect to defend. Under a series of earth-shattering explosions, the Spirit Aspect steadily retreated against the Death God's Law Aspect's assault. The Eyepatch Woman, who was controlling the Spirit Aspect, was also greatly affected in this situation; as her body was continuously forced back, the Qi and blood within her surged violently.

Pfft!

After several more exchanges, the Eyepatch Woman finally couldn't hold back. A mouthful of fresh blood spurted out, her face instantly turned ghastly pale, and the power fluctuations emanating from her body significantly weakened.

Conversely, Yang Haoran, although the power fluctuations emanating from him also weakened considerably, compared to the Eyepatch Woman, Yang Haoran's condition was much better.

Not only were the power fluctuations Yang Haoran exuded stronger than the Eyepatch Woman's, his demeanor was also more composed than hers, his emotions more stable than hers, and his injuries lighter than hers.

Overall, in every aspect of his current state, Yang Haoran held the advantage over the Eyepatch Woman.

Yang Haoran could naturally perceive this point. However, the Eyepatch Woman, engulfed in a furious rage, failed to notice it. Her mind clouded by fury, she had no intention of paying attention to such details. Her mind was fixated on a single thought: to kill Yang Haoran, to use every method and all means possible to slay him.

After spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood, the Eyepatch Woman paid no mind to wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth, nor did she check her current injuries. She didn't even realize that she should be consuming some Dānyào to recover her injuries at this moment. With only rage in her heart, she instead furiously threatened Yang Haoran.

"Yang Haoran! Today, I will make sure you die a complete death!"

As these words fell, the Eyepatch Woman's face contorted with madness. Visible black Communication Power continuously surged from within her body and continuously poured into the Spirit Aspect overhead.

Empowered by a large amount of Communication Power, the Spirit Aspect's already ethereal body actually began to solidify once more. Although the solidification speed was not particularly fast, it was indeed undergoing a noticeable transformation.

As the Spirit Aspect's body gradually solidified, the greatest change it brought was an increase in power. The Spirit Aspect, which had originally been steadily retreating under the Death God's Law Aspect's assault, now actually possessed the strength to resist the Death God's Law Aspect. For a time, it was no longer forced back, but instead engaged in a head-on clash with the Death God's Law Aspect.

While it was true the Spirit Aspect had grown fiercer, the Eyepatch Woman's situation was very grim. As Communication Power continuously poured into the Spirit Aspect, the Eyepatch Woman's face grew increasingly pale, and the power fluctuations emanating from her body grew weaker and weaker.

After a short while, the Eyepatch Woman spurted out another mouthful of fresh blood, and her infusion of Communication Power into the Spirit Aspect ceased. It wasn't that she didn't want to infuse more Communication Power into the Spirit Aspect, but rather that she currently had little Communication Power left within her. If she continued to continuously infuse Communication Power into the Spirit Aspect like this, then she would be completely drained.

If it truly came to this point, then no matter how much more Communication Power she infused into the Spirit Aspect, it would be useless. If she, the controller, was drained of Communication Power, then she would lose the qualification to control the Spirit Aspect. Because without that ability, she had to preserve at least a minimum amount of Communication Power to control the Spirit Aspect.

After the Eyepatch Woman stopped infusing Communication Power into the Spirit Aspect, she finally realized that she needed to replenish herself. She needed to recover both her injuries and her inner Communication Power. So, resisting the sense of weakness emanating from her body, she immediately took out a dark, murky Dānyào from her Independent Space and swallowed it.

Without waiting for the Dānyào's medicinal effects to fully manifest, the Eyepatch Woman immediately plunged back into the battle, controlling the Spirit Aspect to launch a fierce counterattack against the Death God's Law Aspect. It seemed she wanted to exploit the Spirit Aspect's increased power to regain the upper hand.

Yang Haoran watched this scene unfold. After a faint smile, he also took out a Dānyào from his Independent Space and swallowed it. However, this Dānyào was not a Soul Pill for restoring Spirit Power, but a Dānyào for healing injuries.

Although his injuries were currently not light, in his opinion, he hadn't yet reached the point where he absolutely *had* to consume Dānyào to recover from them. The reason he still took a Dānyào was purely as a precaution. After all, he dared not guarantee whether more enemies capable of threatening him would appear soon. If such enemies did appear, and his injuries hadn't recovered, then he would certainly be at a disadvantage in a fight. To prevent such a situation, he consumed a Dānyào to recover from his injuries.

As for Soul Pills for restoring Spirit Power, he did not take any. Because he had already consumed two Soul Pills earlier, and these two Soul Pills were continuously releasing Pure Yin Qi within his body for him to absorb and recover with. Up until now, these two Soul Pills had not been fully consumed, therefore, he had no need to consume another Soul Pill.

After taking a Dānyào to recover from his injuries, a large amount of visible black Spirit Power also surged from within Yang Haoran's body and was injected into the Death God's Law Aspect. With the enhancement of his Spirit Power, the power fluctuations emanating from the Death God's Law Aspect were not only strengthened, but its solidity also surpassed what it was before.

The Spirit Aspect, which had originally gained the ability to counterattack, now faced a Death God's Law Aspect whose power had also been enhanced, and once again fell into a disadvantage. As the fierce battle continued between the two sides, the Spirit Aspect became increasingly ethereal, and the cracks on its body grew more numerous, utterly unable to clash head-on with the Death God's Law Aspect. Although the Death God's Law Aspect also took several heavy blows from the Spirit Aspect, compared to the Spirit Aspect, the Death God's Law Aspect's condition was immeasurably better.

After dozens of exchanges between the two sides, the Spirit Aspect finally couldn't hold on under the relentless assault of the Death God's Law Aspect. Its body was shattered by a single punch from the Death God's Law Aspect, and its massive Aspect body exploded into fragments. These fragments then turned into Yin Qi and vanished completely.

The instant the Spirit Aspect exploded, the Eyepatch Woman, who was controlling it, also suffered a devastating blow. She was sent flying backward, while simultaneously spewing mouthfuls of blood, and her body cracked open with numerous fissures. Blood continuously seeped from these cracks.