These weren’t large stars, but something that used Origin Power as cores, gathering Spirit Qi, and under the blessing of martial intent, they were heavier than stars, so it wasn’t excessive to call them large stars that rained down cluster after cluster.
This was an ultimate move unleashed by a Shattering Void Tier elite—it was ineffably terrifying.
The ice dragon roared, crying out repeatedly as it charged towards the sky. Instantly, the sky burst forth with shocking light rays, and even Ling Han couldn’t help but lower his head, not daring to stare at it.
He was within the Ice Dragon Ground Blast Formation, which was also a powerful defense, enough to resist against the impact of Shattering Void Tier five stars.
Corpse Boss made multiple snatching movements with both hands; countless large stars continued to fall, flickering, and even the sun’s radiance was completely concealed.
The ice dragon was extremely formidable. It possessed battle prowess of the Shattering Void Tier seven stars, even being undying; even if it was knocked apart, it wouldn’t matter, for with the accumulation of Spirit Qi, it could immediately recover.
Its root lay in the formation, and with the formation unbroken and there being no lack of Spirit Qi, it could exist forever.
Corpse Boss was very strong, but not superior to battle prowess of Shattering Void Tier five stars. Not only could he not deal with the formation, he was even hunted down by the ice dragon. If it weren’t for his extremely formidable physique, he might’ve been instantly killed.
He stopped, and muttered, “One more move.”
Ling Han was assured within. Although he completely couldn’t see through a Shattering Void Tier elite’s strength, he could still make a judgement based on the confrontation between the ice dragon and Corpse Boss—Corpse Boss’s strength was roughly Shattering Void Tier four stars, which was also when he released an ultimate move.
Unfortunately, Ling Han only relied on the ice dragon’s strength, or else it would be even possible for him to oppress Corpse Boss. After all, formations couldn’t grow legs to carry out a pursuit and attack. The ice dragon could at most move in the range of the formation, and would disappear when leaving it, for it was created by the formation.
There was one more move. Did Corpse Boss have an even stronger ultimate move?
Corpse Boss spread open his right hand, and a crystal-shaped skeletal hand appeared.
A skeletal hand should look terrifying and ghastly, but this crystal skeletal hand seemed like the most exquisite piece of art, without any ghastly feel to it and instead full of grandeur. But examining closely, one would see that there were countless veined patterns on the skeletal hand, so numerous that they were uncountable.
Ling Han was shocked within, and said, “Could you also have cut this off your own body in your previous life?” Corpse Two’s bone mallet was made from his own femur; for a being that reached such a tier, even severed limbs could regenerate, but they couldn’t regrow rapidly the way Ling Han’s did.
Using one’s own bone as a Spirit Tool would definitely be the most comfortable—more than using a Spirit Tool nourished by oneself.
Corpse Boss shook his head, and said, “No, this hand is certainly something obtained in my previous life, but it’s definitely not from my own body. According to my many years of research and conjectures, it might be a divine being’s hand.”
What!?
Ling Han was shocked—a divine being’s hand!
Wait, didn’t this realm not allow divine spirit elites to appear? Uh, no, it was just a severed hand, at most seen as a divine tool— even Black Tower, Heaven Transformation Bowl, and Bottle of Curse could exist, so why couldn’t a divine being’s hand?
The key was what sort of power it could unleash.
“Is it strong?” Ling Han said with a smile. The more dangerous the moment, the more relaxed his mind was.
“Very strong!” Corpse Boss said solemnly. “It can kill normal Shattering Void Tier elites, and if not for the realm power’s suppression, it can be even stronger.”
“Then I shall see!” Ling Han said, brandishing the Revere Life Sword, which also became stronger when encountering a strong opponent. He also took out the Heaven Transformation Bowl. Could the skeletal hand be absorbed and refined into a few drops of divine being’s bone marrow?
Corpse Boss grasped the crystal skeletal hand, and weng , the veined patterns lit up. Kuang , the sky immediately echoed with a clap of thunder; sensed by the heaven and earth, the dark clouds rolled, gathering densely above Corpse Boss as if a heavenly tribulation was going to descend to kill him.
That crystal skeletal hand was too powerful—it threatened the existence of this realm. The heavenly dao was also startled, and prepared to intervene at any time, opening a spatial fissure to expel it.
Ling Han had seen the look of the heaven and earth unleashing its might. In Zi Xue Xian’s memories, those as powerful as divine beings were immediately devoured and expelled once they erupted with power not belonging to this realm.
However, the dark clouds were rolling, but lightning never struck down, and no spatial fissure opened up. Apparently, the crystal skeletal hand was strong, but not strong to the point of making heaven and earth expel it.
What a headache!
Ling Han unleashed the Heaven Transformation Bowl, and weng , the treasured bowl lit up and began to absorb everything around it unrestrainedly. Even normal rocks weren’t let off, yet it had no way to fend against that crystal skeletal hand.
Apparently, the Heaven Transformation Bowl couldn’t deal with it.
The levels of the two things were about the same, so Heaven Transformation Bowl couldn’t do it.
Ling Han retrieved the Heaven Transformation Bowl, and fully activated the Revere Life Sword.
Even though he carved out a tenth-tier formation, he still had a hard time grasping the formations on the Revere Life Sword. Till now, he still only activated seven formation patterns, yet the formation patterns on it reached the number of over ten thousand.
Sensing the threat posed by the crystal skeletal hand, the Revere Life Sword began to awaken on its own. Its killing intent spread out, influencing the air to spiral on its own; inside the vortex, there was a gaseous sword, pitifully small, yet it could make Shattering Void Tier elites feel fear when they saw it.
Corpse Boss’s eyes instinctively burst with a chilling glare as he said, “Your sword… is remarkable! I seem to have some memory of it, but I can’t remember!”
Would Shattering Void Tier beings forget things? Of course it was impossible! Then what he meant by being unable to remember was definitely a memory from his previous life. After all, it was an old corpse that had a newly birthed soul, which could be seen as a completely different being.
But for Revere Life Sword to stimulate Corpse Boss’s memory from the previous life, that was even more terrifying!
How deeply engraved did the memory have to be for it to connect two souls through several hundred thousands of years?
It was probably deeply engraved in his bones!
Chapter 776 - Plunder
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What Ling Han was shocked with was not that Corpse Boss’s body could remember an entire formation over several hundred thousand of years, but with Ma Duo Bao who created the Revere Life Sword.
The strength of this person… was absolutely shocking!
To be able to engrave the memory of a formation deep into an elite’s bones… in harsher words, wasn’t that fear deep to the bones? Then, how terrifying was Ma Duo Bao who was able to create the formation?
The world’s number one formation master, entirely worthy of such a title!
No wonder he could stand as number one above the rest on the martial arts stone, calling himself number one and looking down on the world. It indeed wasn’t big talk, but he was truly powerful.
However, what sort of formation was it exactly?
Ho
ng , the crystal skeletal hand was completely activated and turned into a slim hand with blood and flesh; even if it was only a hand, it was charming, and had definitely belonged to an exceptional celestial fairy.
However, the delicate hand turned into the size of a lofty mountain, smashing towards Ling Han.
Nothing fancy, only the terrifying display of martial intent, emitting an arrogant and domineering presence.
“Nothing can block it, I’ll shatter it all!” It seemed to say something like that.
The Revere Life Sword also blossomed with dazzling light as over ten thousand veined patterns all lit up, and xiu , it slipped out of Ling Han’s hand and rose into the air own its own, standing off against the delicate hand.
The two clashed, and the sword struck the palm, bursting forth with world-dazzling light, once again blinding people.
After the dazzling light, Revere Life Sword and the lily-white hand fought fiercely, exchanging blows constantly and bursting forth with terrifyingly powerful Qi. Ling Han hurriedly summoned everyone over and guarded them with Ice Dragon Ground Blast Formation, or else, if they were struck once, they’d definitely be smashed to pieces.
Corpse Boss shook his head, stopped the battle on his own accord, retrieved the crystal skeletal hand, and said, “Ten moves. I can’t kill you!”
Ling Han’s battle spirit was ablaze, and he said, “Brother Corpse, I look forward to fighting with you the next time, truly coming to grips!”
Corpse Boss was refined and cultured, wearing a smile on his face, and had no sign of frustration, appearing greatly generous in spirit. He said, “Then you’d better cultivate faster. The stage of the Shattering Void Tier isn’t that easy to reach. I only crossed over it without hindrance because of my former life, or else… it’s extremely, extremely difficult!
Even he used two extremelys, so it was clear that humanity’s peak indeed wasn’t easy to reach.
“This time, I’m indebted to Brother Corpse for treating me to great tea. Next time, I’ll treat you to good wine,” Ling Han said with a smile.
Corpse Boss couldn’t help but smile, and said, “Although I don’t drink wine, I’m willing to make an exception for you.”
“Please!”
“Please!”
Corpse Boss turned his body and took a step, appearing several miles out.
To be so courteous after a life and death battle, it was a first for Ling Han. However, Corpse Boss indeed had a remarkable bearing, which gave him a favorable impression and desire to be his friend.
“However, he is after all one of Thousand Corpse Sect’s, and in the future, I’ll inevitably fight against the Thousand Corpse Sect, and it might really be a fight to the death.” Ling Han sighed deeply.
Hong!
An astonishing battle shock wave suddenly came from afar; the stars in the sky shattered continuously, and even a large cluster of stars could be seen falling down in the daytime, being obstructed by the astral winds, burning, and turning into meteorites.
It was a battle of the Shattering Void Tier, and it just happened to be in the direction Corpse Boss was headed.
Did he encounter a formidable enemy?
Ling Han wasn’t worried. Shattering Void Tier elite’s speeds were about the same, so if one side wanted to run, they could completely escape, which was the reason why Shattering Void Tier elites were almost undying. If I couldn’t win, I’d just run, and what could you do?
Unless it was someone who cultivated a Mystical Power like Thunderclap Ninth Heaven—then no one could catch up when running, and no one could escape when chasing. However, if a Shattering Void Tier elite was willing to ignite his life essence, they could still erupt with high speeds, which was still unresolvable.
The great fight in the distance didn’t continue for long and soon calmed down, but it was only an instant before a terrifying oppressive pressure assaulted them, making people’s skin crack, which was extremely hard to bear.
A red-haired girl appeared in the distance with yellowish-pink wings, which spread out over 3000 meters, but they were shrinking rapidly, and in the time of breath, the wings were completely gone.
Yi Shuang Shuang!
The girl held a crystal-shaped skeletal hand in her hand, playing with it absorbedly.
“Hey!” Ling Han shouted.
“Aiyo, aiyo, who is it, scared this lady!” Yi Shuang Shuang put away the crystal skeletal hand in a hurry. When she saw Ling Han and the others, she couldn’t help but be puzzled, and said to herself, “Strange, this lady was clearly walking back, why’d she bump into these guys?”
Ling Han pointed out, “You walked in the wrong direction. The imperial city is the other way!”
“Heehee, thanks for reminder. Later!” Yi Shuang Shuang turned to leave.
“Wait!” Ling Han shouted in a hurry to stop her. “Weren’t you keeping watch over the imperial city? Why did you run over here?”
Yi Shuang Shuang shrugged, and said, “Sensed a great battle here from the imperial city, so I came here to watch the fun.”
Ling Han rolled his eyes, and said, “Not just watch the fun, is it, but also steal someone else’s things!” This woman had apparently arrived long ago, but didn’t intervene all along, yet waited till after Corpse Boss left to catch up to him and snatch the crystal skeletal hand.
One couldn’t help but say that this woman was too powerful—the might released by the crystal skeletal hand was so terrifying, but she still forcibly suppressed it.
Poor Corpse Boss had to be very gloomy, right? However, it was unfortunate for him to meet a being from the divine realm. She wasn’t ordinarily strong even with her strength suppressed, at least not what the current him could rival. Perhaps it took the Lunar King, and even elites like Ma Duo Bao, to counter her.
Yi Shuang Shuang giggled, and said, “You don’t know, this skeletal hand is extremely likely to be from a Heavenly Body Tier powerhouse, and if the essence within could be extracted, this lady might be able to restore all her vigor.”
“What Heavenly Body Tier? And, the imperial city is that far from here, you can still sense it?” Ling Han questioned closely.
“Tsk, only separated by such tiny distance, it’d be strange if this lady couldn’t sense it. This realm’s rules are too simple. This lady is absolutely like an almighty god here!” Yi Shuang Shuang said disdainfully.
“Heavenly Body Tier, is this a divine being’s tier?” Ling Han asked. He could conclude that divine being also had relative superiority, but he didn’t know how it was divided.
“Ai, you’re so annoying, a mere Deity Transformation Tier warrior concerned about the matters of the divine realm,” Yi Shuang Shuang said with disdain.
Ling Han gave a ‘ha,’ and said, “Believe it or not, I’ll advance into the Shattering Void Tier within ten years, and breaking into the divine realm is also just around the corner.”
Seemingly awed by Ling Han’s heroic spirit, Yi Shuang Shuang was taken aback shortly, then said, “Alright, then this lady will do a good deed and educate you in advance, but after you know, you’d better not be shocked and unable to recover!”
“Tsk, am I such a weak-willed person?” Ling Han obviously wouldn’t believe it.
“Don’t be so sure!” Yi Shuang Shuang played with the skeletal hand, and said, “Divine beings are separated into five large tiers, Mountain River, Sun Moon, Heavenly Body, Eternal River, and Genesis, but every large tier isn’t divided into nine layers—instead there are only four small tiers, which are low extreme, medium extreme, high extreme, and consummate.
“Not to mention the large levels, the strength gaps between the small levels are as large as the sky. You’re now in the Deity Transformation Tier, yet you can fight the Heaven Tier, crossing one large tier, and can be called a genius in the mortal realm, but after advancing into the divine tier, even crossing one small tier is difficult.”
Chapter 777 - Divine Realm’s Geniuses
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Hearing those words, Ling Han really was somewhat shocked. He could win against an opponent by crossing an entire large tier, but despite such endowments and freakishness, once at the divine level, it was actually hard to cross even one small tier?
“You’re shocked, right?” Yi Shuang Shuang snickered. “It’s precisely because every small tier is hard to cross that even small extreme, medium extreme, and high extreme are divided into early stage, middle stage, late stage, and peak stage. According to this lady’s prediction, you’re a genius that can fight against peak stage at early stage. In the divine realm, such geniuses might not be everywhere, but surely are not a few.”
Ling Han’s heart thumped. If he claimed second at fighting at the same tier amongst the younger generation of the vast lands—no, amongst the martial artists in the entire vast lands— no one would dare claim first, and it would still be so even if the Sword Emperor and the Setting Sun Saber Emperor were dragged back to this tier again.
On one land, the number one in ten thousand years actually couldn’t rank amongst the top geniuses in the divine realm?
Hiss, how freakish was the divine realm!
Thinking again, the divine realm’s resources definitely surpassed the mortal realm’s by countless times, and perhaps there were some nature-defying things that could skyrocket a martial artist’s battle prowess, just like Heavenly Luck Stone that Ling Han had once refined—could that not exist in the divine realm?
Perhaps there were even more powerful things.
In a world so small that even Heavenly Emperor of Thunder and Fire looked down on the vast lands as if they were a mayfly, Ling Han could grow to a level comparable to the divine level’s geniuses… then after he entered the divine realm, could he not become even stronger?
So what about the finest geniuses? I can surpass them!
Ling Han instantly recovered his confidence, and a smile surfaced at the corner of his lips, full of fighting spirit.
At this moment, he itched to charge into the divine realm to fight against the Sword Emperor and the Setting Sun Saber Emperor, and then take back Heavenly Phoenix Divine Maiden to make her the daughter-in-law of the Ling Family and warm his bed every day.
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