"What gift..." Huang stared directly at the gaunt man, inquiring.

Upon hearing this, the gaunt man waved his hand, smiling as he said, "No need to be so tense, I won’t do anything to you."

"I just hope you can help me deliver something."

"The one you are going to meet is my friend. Just pass a gift to him for me, shouldn’t be too hard, right?"

After hearing this, Huang slowly replied, "Sorry, I can’t help you with this."

Because he couldn’t determine if the person before him was a friend or foe.

"If I am not mistaken, you’ve been stuck at Unity Perfection for a long time, looking like you’re just half a step from Slaying Dao."

"Needless to say, this half step is like a great chasm, and cultivation alone can’t break through; you need an opportunity."

"If you lack such an opportunity, you might never be able to take that half step."

"As long as you help me with this, I will be your opportunity, I can instantly help you reach the Slaying Dao Realm."

The gaunt man also offered an enticing condition.

He wasn’t wrong; breaking through from the Unity Realm to the Slaying Dao Realm, mere cultivation was useless. It needs an opportunity, and it must be perfectly suited to oneself to break that barrier.

Upon hearing those words, Huang without any hesitation coldly replied, "No need."

These words caused the gaunt man’s smile to freeze, his face darkened as he stared at Huang and sneered, "Then let me give you another choice."

"One, grant me this favor and I’ll aid you in breaking through to the Slaying Dao Realm."

"Two, I kill you."

The gaunt man’s voice reverberated across the highlands, the surrounding air slowly solidified, and space began to distort.

In an instant, the atmosphere turned murderous.

At this moment, the Celestial Emperor Huang stared straight into the man’s eyes, with no hint of fear in his pupils, and with a wave of his hand, a pitch-black tower appeared in his palm.

He answered the man with actions; he chose to fight!

After hearing these words, he was sure the man meant no good. The so-called "gift" was actually an attempt to use him to harm "that senior."

....

"Hahahaha."

Seeing this, the gaunt man was initially stunned, then burst into laughter, causing the highlands to tremble, and the void at the horizon to rapidly collapse.

"How interesting."

"Before you die, I’m quite curious and wish to ask you a question...."

"You’ve cultivated to this level, yet why can’t you see the situation clearly?"

"Let me tell you, so-called loyalty is ridiculous. Those who reach the end are often the wise ones who understand compromise."

"The fact is before you, if you don’t agree, you’ll surely die."

"Why do you persist in your foolishness?" 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

After saying this, the gaunt man still saw no change in the Celestial Emperor Huang’s expression, and his face turned gloomy: "Then let me show you the gap between us."

Having spoken, the gaunt man’s aura burst forth, and a powerful pressure instantly descended upon the entire highland.

Under the extreme pressure of the gaunt man, this space could bear no more and continued to crumble, spreading toward the horizon.

Feeling the aura of his opponent, the Celestial Emperor Huang looked up at the void above.

The next second, his figure instantly disappeared from where he stood, rushing into the void.

Seeing this, the gaunt man frowned and coldly snorted, "Trying to escape? Not so easy!"

.....

Though the realm gap was immense, as the Celestial Emperor Huang fled at full speed, he was not easy to catch.

Thus, the Celestial Emperor Huang escaped all the way to a distant void far from his world.

The gaunt man caught up and blocked his way, exclaiming, "You’re quite fast."

This guy, whose cultivation had yet to reach the Slaying Dao Realm, ran with a speed comparable to those in the second or even third realm of Slaying Dao.

Seeing that he was now far from his world, the Celestial Emperor Huang was completely relieved.

He did not intend to escape but to change the battlefield.

With this man’s cultivation, if a fight broke out, it might shatter his world, affecting future generations.

....

"I ask you once more, die or choose to join us."

The gaunt man looked down from high above, his voice echoing like thunder in Huang’s ears.

The Celestial Emperor Huang did not speak, his aura fully open, holding the Black Tower with his left hand. Terrifying black Immortal Radiance gathered around the tower’s body, transforming into a Heaven-Opening Giant Axe Dharma Aspect, striking at the gaunt man.

The Giant Axe Dharma Aspect shattered the void, sweeping countless fragments of spatial law toward the gaunt man for annihilation.

Watching the Giant Axe Dharma Aspect cleave toward him, a trace of astonishment flickered in the gaunt man’s eyes.

This strike had already surpassed the power half a step into the Slaying Dao Realm should have, approaching the Perfection of the first realm of Slaying Dao, making him somewhat terrified.

....

The gaunt man mobilized his cultivation technique, a Heaven-Obliterating Seal condensed in his palm, and instead of dodging, prepared to bear the brunt of the cleaving Giant Axe Dharma Aspect.

The moment the Giant Axe Dharma Aspect collided with the man’s palm’s Heaven-Obliterating Seal, the entire void for millions of miles around shattered, turning into countless fragmented spatial cracks, with terrifying chaotic space currents howling out from the cracks.

This strike directly turned this place into a restricted area of space.

In an instant, the Giant Axe Dharma Aspect was crushed into tiny dust particles.

The powerful ripple forced the Celestial Emperor Huang to step back half a step to steady his form.

While the gaunt man stood in place from start to finish, effortlessly neutralizing the opponent’s full-force strike.

The disparity in realm was thoroughly evident at this moment.

Although the gaunt man was in the Fourth Realm of Slaying Dao, he wasn’t an ordinary Fourth Realm. His actual strength could compare to the Fifth Realm.

The Celestial Emperor Huang was a top talent, a dragon among men, and so was this gaunt man.

....

Seeing the opponent easily withstand his strike, the Celestial Emperor Huang had already got his answer.

In this battle, he had virtually no chance of winning.

Yet even so, he felt no fear.

.....

The next second, the gaunt man slowly raised his right hand, extending two fingers, and the vigorous astral wind transformed into a golden Divine Sword, suspended above the Celestial Emperor Huang’s head.

Strands of Dharma Seal encircled the golden Divine Sword, these Dharma Seals manifested by the power of law, representing the Extreme Realm of Dao, the surrounding void continuously shattering. This place had become nothing but chaos and void, as "space" was no longer existent.

The Celestial Emperor Huang looked up at the golden sword, operating the "Transform into Freedom" cultivation technique, pushing it to the extreme.

The gaunt man gazed down indifferently at the Celestial Emperor Huang, his pupils filled with pity.

"What a pity."

With his sigh, the golden Divine Sword slashed down at the Celestial Emperor Huang!