"Tong Ba! Since we have a blood feud between us, and you wish to avenge your brother, then today, I shall take your throne. If you object—fight me. I, Yi Tianxing, await you here."Yi Tianxing's gaze finally settled on Tong Ba.
Tong Twelve had already fallen by his hand. He was the twelfth-ranked Divine Son in the Atlantis sequence. Tong Ba was ranked eighth—clearly, they were blood relatives, perhaps even full brothers. Strength varied among them, and while alive, they were competitors who may have clashed. But in death, all grudges were buried.
Moreover, killing a member of the Three-Eyed race was a direct affront to their pride—an insult to Atlantis itself. Regardless of internal rivalries, all strong members of the Three-Eyed race had a duty to eliminate any who dared defy them. It was a matter of racial honor and intimidation. Without retaliation, even their reputation would crumble.
From the moment they met, Yi Tianxing sensed the killing intent radiating from Tong Ba.Clearly, he wanted nothing more than to destroy him.
"Hmph. No wonder you could kill my twelfth brother—truly a human genius. In that case, I will fight you myself and avenge my brother. But before we begin… are you brave enough to add a wager?"Tong Ba's eyes gleamed as he slowly spoke.
"A wager? What do you propose?"Yi Tianxing asked thoughtfully.
"It's simple. After my brother fell, he should've left behind one of his eyes. Our Three-Eyed Race, even in death, must have that eye returned to our ancestral land for burial. Only then can the soul rest in peace. Return my twelfth brother's final eye."
Tong Ba's tone was calm.
"You mean this eye?"Yi Tianxing extended his hand. A flash of light revealed a crystal-clear, glass-like eye in his palm—the Mirror Moon Divine Eye, the third divine eye that Tong Twelve left behind upon death.
For reasons unknown, even after Tong Twelve's demise, this eye remained intact, still brimming with immense power. It was as if the entirety of Tong Twelve's essence had been concentrated into the divine eye. This made it no less than a natural artifact, perhaps even rivaling otherworldly treasures. Whether it could grow further remained unknown.
"That's the one."Tong Ba replied without hesitation.
"If I'm to offer you the Mirror Moon Divine Eye, what treasure will you stake?"Yi Tianxing asked calmly.
"Since it's a bet, I'll wager something equivalent. This is an otherworldly treasure—the Dreamcloud Illusion Butterfly. It grants the holder access to the Nightmare Realm, a special and mysterious plane. It's more than worthy of this wager."
Tong Ba's hand flashed, revealing a treasure shaped like a butterfly—dreamlike and illusory. It looked like a multicolored butterfly, as if forged from mist and cloud. Ethereal and dazzling, a single glance could entrance the mind.
The Nightmare Realm was a strange world, existing within the Eternal World yet intangible and elusive, said to be born from the collective dreams of sentient beings. Within that world, even powerful beings risked falling into eternal slumber, or worse—death. It held infinite possibilities, offering both grave dangers and unimaginable fortune. Those who returned often emerged transformed.
"Very well. Let the two egg brothers be the witnesses."Yi Tianxing nodded slightly. A treasure like this was exceedingly rare, and the chance might not come again. His curiosity about the Nightmare Realm was also piqued.
"I, Brother Handsome, will serve as witness to this bet!"shouted Brother Handsome.
"And I, Great Marshal Black, shall also bear witness!"declared Great Marshal Black.
Swish!
At once, both the Mirror Moon Divine Eye and Dreamcloud Illusion Butterfly floated in midair, locked in place by a mysterious power. Neither party could touch them—clearly a precaution set up by the egg duo. The victor would claim both treasures.
"Tong Ba—face me!!"Yi Tianxing shouted.
He noticed a flicker of joy in Tong Ba's eyes upon the wager being set. Clearly, the Mirror Moon Divine Eye held significant meaning for the Three-Eyed Race, perhaps a hidden secret. No matter how he asked, Tong Ba would never reveal it.
In that case, he didn't need to know.Kill first—everything else is meaningless.
"Very well, King Yi. If you could slay my twelfth brother, you are indeed qualified to face me. You are worthy of seeing my divine eye."Tong Ba rose from his throne without hesitation and stepped into the void.
As he did, the third eye on his forehead slowly opened—a mere slit at first. But even that slight opening caused the space around him to twist and crack, beams of silver divine light bursting forth. Each ray shimmered with lethal sharpness, capable of tearing through space itself.
His third eye had awakened a terrifying divine ability—one of the Three-Eyed Race's most feared.
破虚神眸 – Voidbreaking Divine Eye
A space-type divine eye possessing devastating spatial destruction. Its gaze alone could shatter the heavens. Wherever its light touched, space fractured and collapsed, annihilating all within.
The aura it emitted sliced through the void like invisible blades.This divine eye surpassed any weapon in sharpness and dominance.
"Kill!!"Tong Ba roared, his divine eye flaring fully open. Without hesitation, a silver divine beam erupted forth.
Boom!!The light condensed into a silver hammer, inscribed with mysterious spatial runes. Though compact, it was covered in strange, crack-like patterns—as if it were a porcelain artifact on the verge of shattering.
碎虚神锤 – Shatter-Void Divine Hammer
A supreme divine art, forged from the energies of broken space itself—unleashed through the Voidbreaking Divine Eye.This was a manifestation of Tong Ba's Life Diagram Divine Ability.
Crack!!As the hammer appeared, surrounding space began to fracture.
Like a meteor, it hurtled toward Yi Tianxing.Anything it struck would be shattered beyond recognition.
"The Voidbreaking Divine Eye—one of the top divine eyes of the Three-Eyed Race. It holds immense spatial power. A single blow can reduce even body cultivators of the same tier to dust, like shattered porcelain."
"Terrifying! Just looking at it makes my soul feel locked by an invisible force. That hammer might even crush my spirit…"
"The Divine Sons of the Three-Eyed Race are ranked by power. Tong Ba is eighth. With this eye and that divine hammer, he could slay even Life Diagram cultivators!"
Shock rippled through the battlefield.The hammer radiated a terrifying will to annihilate.
All eyes turned to Yi Tianxing. How would he counter such a blow?
Unfazed, Yi Tianxing remained seated atop the Nine-Dragon War Chariot.With a flash, the Meteorfall Bow appeared in his hand, a white bone war arrow nocked onto the string.
He drew the bow—A full moon of death.
Countless divine lights surged around the Meteorfall Bow. Heaven and Earth's energy poured into the arrow like a tidal wave. The arrow brimmed with killing intent, divine power, and bone-chilling aura.
Whoosh!!
With a piercing crack, the war arrow turned golden—radiating intense slaughter intent.
Roar!!A tiger's roar echoed through the void.
The arrow transformed into a ferocious white tiger, racing through the air, wings flapping from its back. Even a glance sent shivers down spines—its body teemed with boundless killing aura.
In a blink, the white tiger met the Shatter-Void Hammer head-on.With one swipe of its paw, it struck the divine weapon.
Crack!!
Gold and silver collided.Space around them shattered into fragments. The void-breaking force tried to tear the white tiger apart.
But golden light flared—unimaginable force burst from the tiger's paw.
In less than a breath's time—The supposedly unstoppable Shatter-Void Divine Hammer… shattered under the tiger's might.
Not just cracked—utterly destroyed.The hammer exploded into fragments and scattered through the air.
"Impossible!!"Tong Ba's eyes widened in disbelief. That hammer could kill even a king-tier genius. To have it shattered so easily… how could this be?