This was equivalent to a battle between two nations. The Purple Moon Empire had lost the war, and the Great Ling Empire had emerged victorious.
In that instant, the seven Kings had lost the support of power of the nation, their battle prowess falling dramatically. On the other side, Ling Han, Feng Po Yun, and the others had obtained the support of power of the nation, and their battle prowess rose drastically.
With its size, the middle state could match the four regions combined, and even if the people’s wills weren’t united yet, merely the power of the nation brought by the expansion of the territory was extremely powerful.
Ma Duo Bao closed his eyes in peace, his sturdy figure immediately falling down from the skies. The opening that he had created in the skies was also quickly closing back up. He had not even yet reached the ground, and it had already closed up completely.
Splitting open the skies had ended in failure! Ma Duo Bao had died!
The seven Kings quickly shot out and caught Ma Duo Bao, all of their faces streaming with tears.
All around them, everyone was barraged with feelings of grief, feeling an indescribably sense of being suffocated.
“You don’t have to feel so much grief, because even more people will die here today!” Ao Jian smirked coldly. He pointed at Ma Duo Bao’s corpse, and declared, “Hand this man’s body over. To dare to oppose the Immortal Realm… I will crush his bones and shatter his ashes to the winds!”
“How dare you!!” The seven Kings immediately flew into a rage.
“Let me!” Ling Han stood up. Without support from the power of the nation, how could the seven Kings match Ao Jian? Since he had caught the Mountain and River Axe, he had also received the great banner to stand against the five sects of the Immortal Realm.
Chapter 864 - Battling Ao Jian
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Ling Han faced Ao Jian directly.
“Yi, aren’t you the human that fled in defeat the last time?” Ao Jian obviously had a very good memory. If not, how could he possibly remember an “ant”?
Ling Han was unmoved, and said, “You are not able to represent the Immortal Realm yet, so don’t keep talking about the Immortal Realm; you are unqualified!”
Ao Jian immediately looked angered, and said, “I am unqualified? And you think you are?”
“I did not keep going on and on about the Immortal Realm, you idiot!” Ling Han said coldly. “I am in a terrible mood right now, and want to commit murder. You coincidentally match my killing target standard.”
“Hahahaha!” Ao Jian laughed loudly. “This is really the greatest joke I have ever heard, but after laughing, it only enrages me even further! Human, unless you have an Instant Teleportation Talisman, you will definitely die today!”
Ling Han stimulated the power of the nation, and his power soared madly.
Now that the middle state had become the territory of the Great Ling Empire, he was naturally able to use power of the nation there as well. Furthermore, it had increased by at least a third!
“My citizens, today, I will kill a man of the Immortal Realm to avenge Brother Ma, lend me your strength!” Ling Han said. “You all only have to quietly desire that I defeat this enemy.”
The will of the people could be gathered by the totem. Now, the citizens of the middle state had not yet approved of him, but through this simple action, he would be able to gather a great amount of power of the nation.
Hong , suddenly, the power of the nation that he obtained increased to another level.
Everyone in the world hoped that he could kill an Immortal!
Ling Han put the Mountain and River Axe away, brandished the Revere Life Sword, and said, “Today, I will use Brother Ma’s sword to deliver you to Hell!”
“How dare you!!” Ao Jian roared furiously. His battle prowess was close to the peak of humanity, and added with his powerful physique, how could it be that he would not be able to defeat even a puny human? He summoned a silver spear, and immediately stabbed in Ling Han’s direction.
Ling Han raised his sword to parry.
Ding!
The silver spear was blocked. Ling Han wielded his sword with one hand, while the other formed the Earth Overturning Seal and pressed down on Ao Jian.
His personal ability was limited, and even with the support of power of the nation, he could only reach the level of twelve Stars, but the secret techniques he had grasped were really too powerful, and pushed his battle prowess all the way up to the high level of close to twenty Stars.
Ao Jian’s battle prowess was only nineteen Stars as well, and was even slightly inferior to Ling Han’s. Although he did not fall into disadvantage upon contact, he was absolutely not having the upper hand, either.
“What?!” Ao Jian’s expression was filled with disbelief; how could his opponent possibly have such powerful strength? He was obviously at the level of one Star of Shattering Void Tier! He knew that Ling Han had the support of power of the nation, but why was he capable of bearing such tremendous power?
He pondered slightly for a moment, and could not stop his expression from being overwhelmed by shock. If Ling Han’s cultivation level had reached the ninth layer of Shattering Void Tier, then wouldn’t it be a piece of cake for his battle prowess to break through to twenty Stars?
Heavens, had this tiny world become completely ridiculous?
Because the resources of a small world were scarce, ordinarily, fifteen Stars of battle prowess was the limit. For example, the seven Kings only had eighteen to nineteen Stars of battle prowess at the most even though they had obtained the support of power of the nation. At most, they would only be able to shatter the empty Void and enter into the Immortal Realm, but would absolutely not be qualified to split open the skies.
Otherwise, if the skies could be split open so easily, then wouldn’t all the small worlds be entering into the Immortal Realm?
But now?
A monster with battle prowess of twenty-three Stars of Shattering Void Tier had just fallen, and now, another character that would not be outdone had immediately appeared, and in the future might possibly even exceed his predecessor!
Ma Duo Bao was the First Killing Formation of the world, but what gave Ling Han qualifications?
“There is nothing impossible, die!” Ling Han used the 10,000 Techniques Return to One. His current abilities were too strong, so he did not even need to accumulate much power to use this kind of great move. He need only wave his sword to execute it.
His body of lightning had reached the level of major accomplishment, and his sword strike naturally brought along with it the might of lightning. Zizizi , blazing white electricity interwove, and increased the power of the strike further.
“To kill me, you are not yet qualified!” Ao Jian sneered. He had to admit that the current Ling Han was indeed qualified to be a match for him, but if it was about killing him, that was absolutely impossible.
The two battled fiercely. Peng, peng, peng . The silver spear and treasured sword clashed endlessly, causing brilliant waves of light to appear and ripple out in the skies.
“Kill, kill, kill, kill this damn bastard!” Helian Tianyun called out. As long as this descendant of the True Dragon died, he would be able to easily conquer all the seas, and this whole realm would really be settled completely. They would then only need to focus on splitting open the skies.
The other eighteen-eyed Corpse King of the Thousand Corpse Sect had been killed by Ma Duo Bao. Previously, they had wanted to lured Ma Duo Bao away from his territory, so how could they have not paid an appropriate price for it?
“Whom are you calling a bastard?” Rabbit protested 1 .
A kid and a rabbit glared at each other, neither giving in.
However, Ao Jian’s ability was really very strong. He himself had the battle prowess of nineteen Stars; this was too terrifying. His every move exuded the might sufficient to collapse mountains and destroy seas, so it was extremely diffic
ult to defeat him, what more to kill him.
Although Ling Han used all his Mystical Powers, he only managed to maintain a stalemate.
Yet Ao Jian felt even more displeased internally.
Last time, this human had not even had the courage to fight him, yet he now was actually able to fight him to a tie! Furthermore, the former still possessed a very great potential to develop further, so how could Ao Jian possibly accept that?
He definitely had to kill this human. Otherwise, if he was allowed to reach the ninth layer of the Shattering Void Tier, who would be able to touch him in his nation’s territory? Putting aside the question of killing him, even Immortals that descended into the Lower Realm would be killed by him!
Ao Jian burst out all his power, and used the secret techniques of the dragon race one after the other, determined to kill Ling Han here.
But this was even more of a fantasy.
What kind of physique did Ling Han have? On par with Godly metal! It was said that there existed an unbreachable gulf between Immortal level and Shattering Void Tier, so no matter how awesome Ao Jian was, he could not possibly injure Ling Han. Otherwise, he would have been able to turn the regulations of the Immortal Realm upside down.
“All the citizens of the world, give me more power!” Ling Han raised his palm skywards, and broadcasted the images of their battle to the sky above every city through the totem. Even if one was not in the city, and farther away, he would still be able to see clearly.
“Lend me a helping hand!”
He aroused the hearts of the people, particularly targeting the middle state.
The hearts of the people of the four regions were already united, and had a strong sense of belonging to the Great Ling Empire, but Ma Duo Bao had just forcefully brought the middle state under his authority, so the level of belonging the people felt to his state naturally could not compare with the situation in the four regions yet.
This was a shortcoming, but was also something that had much room for improvement.
However, after saying these words, the power of the nation he obtained became slightly stronger, yet was still not enough to support him to advance into twenty Stars of Shattering Void Tier.
But, Ao Jian immediately felt pressured. Precisely because the difference of a single Star meant a world of difference, even if Ling Han had not yet achieved twenty Stars of Shattering Void Tier, he was still commanding the initiative, and there was a slight trend of Ao Jian becoming passive.
Additionally, the more time passed, the more advantageous it would be to Ling Han. As the ruler of the Great Ling Empire, he would gain the acceptance of more and more people of the middle state, which would in turn increase the power of the nation he could obtain.
“Nine Colors Great Grief Spear, Spear Sweeps Seeming Tracks!” Ao Jian shouted loudly, endless light condensing at the tip of his spear. There was a True Dragon spiraling around; suddenly exuding endless might, it surged out towards Ling Han.
Ao Jian delivered his strongest attack.
Chapter 865 - Pacification
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To be honest, even if Ling Han did not dodge nor parry and chose to face it head on, absolutely nothing would happen to him. However, before he was absolutely certain he could kill Ao Jian, he did not intend to expose the secret that his physique was as tough as Godly metal.
If Ao Jian found out about this, then would he still fight Ling Han?
You got to be kidding. Faced with an opponent that was impossible to kill or even wound, who would still any have ideas of continuing the battle?
Ling Han was waiting for a chance, or it could be said that he was creating a chance, to let Ao Jian assume that he had grasped Ling Han’s weakness and deliver a fatal strike. From that, his own weakness would also be exposed, so Ling Han would be able to counter with an attack of his own.
The two of them were equally matched. If you wouldn’t give me a chance to hit you, how could I give that chance to you?
For elites on their level, it was impossible that they would not reserve any power after every blow in order to leave a way out for themselves. Thus, even if an attack missed, they would still have strength remaining to parry or dodge.
Ling Han wanted to let Ao Jian assume that his attack was capable of wounding him severely, or even killing him. Only then would the latter not reserve any strength and burst out with his full power.
Once that happened, after the strongest attack, his own defenses would hit rock bottom, and that would be the time for Ling Han to counterattack and kill him.
Now, Ao Jian precisely thought that he had grasped this kind of chance.
Ling Han did not reveal an obvious opening. This would be absolutely incapable of fooling a genius like Ao Jian, and he would easily see through the trap. Hence, only through his painstaking efforts did Ling Han manage to reveal a careless opening. Furthermore, after a series of attacks, he continuously enlarged this opening, giving Ao Jian a reason to deliver a strike with his full strength.
The silver spear shattered the void, the True Dragon roared; this was an extremely powerful blow. Even if it was Ma Duo Bao, he would only die with a grudge if he took this blow head on.
The strike landed!
A pleased expression immediately appeared on Ao Jian ‘s face. No matter how much of a monster you were, so what? Being hit by this strike of his, the only path would still be death.
Peng , the spear tip stabbed into Ling Han’s chest, and the True Dragon wreaked havoc, wanting to penetrate Ling Han’s chest and burst his heart. However, the fabric on Ling Han’s chest had indeed been ripped, but his skin underneath was glowing with a jade-like brilliance, indestructible and undamaged.
F*ck, what kind of physique was that?
Ao Jian was instantly stunned. Was this guy really a human? Were you sure that you weren’t a monster from the Immortal Realm?
“Take a strike from me as well!” Ling Han took advantage of the opportunity to counterattack.
His opponent had just delivered his strongest attack, and was currently in the lapse period of his power and defenses. Although it was only for a single short instant, for Ling Han, an instant was enough.
The Revere Life Sword exuded endless brilliance, and slashed out at Ao Jian’s head.
10,000 Techniques Return to One!
Pu , as the sword’s light washed over, a human head shot upwards. Blood shot skywards from the beheaded body like a divine waterfall, shaking the space as if it wanted to incite the shattering of the heavens and earth.
“He’s killed!” When the seven Kings saw this, all of them felt Ma Duo Bao was avenged.
This person actually wanted to whip the dead body of their ruler. This drove them into a mad rage, and now that Ao Jian was beheaded by Ling Han, they naturally felt excited and the depression in their hearts slightly soothed.
“He’s not dead!” Ling Han shook his head, his eyes gazing into the distance.
“How could that be; isn’t that his body?” The seven Kings were all puzzled.
“This is only his shell, but his spirit has already departed from his body.” Ling Han frowned. Normally, though the spirit could leave the body, that was only something an Immortal could do. Additionally, it had to be a very powerful Immortal that had cultivated his spirit to an incredibly sturdy extent, and was absolutely not something every Immortal could do.
Yet Ao Jian was undoubtedly just in the Shattering Void Tier.
Looks like this man should have obtained some kind of secret treasure, or perhaps some kind of Godly medicine, which allowed his spirit to leave his body , Ling Han thought as he put the Revere Life Sword away.
Although Ao Jian’s spirit had escaped, his physical body had been killed here, so it was not completely fruitless.
“Your Majesty!” the seven Kings once again exclaimed in grief. Today was the day of great grief for the Purple Moon Empire. Their emperor had fallen, while the official name of their n
ation had withered away and would no longer exist.
Ling Han sighed, and said, “Don’t bother about all that first, let’s make the funeral arrangements for Brother Ma.”
This gained the agreement of the seven Kings. It was natural for a dead person to be buried and at rest.
Those that had come to attend the ritual became the people who would accompany Ma Duo Bao on his final journey. Every person was filled with tremendous respect for the great elite Ma Duo Bao was. He had fallen at the final step of splitting open the skies. His death had been for the sake of this whole realm. Otherwise, with Ma Duo Bao’s capabilities, wouldn’t it have been easy for him if he had wanted to defend himself?
There would always be some people who could use their lives to fight for the sake of their dreams.
The previous ruler had passed away, so a state funeral was naturally held. Moreover, he had died for the whole realm.
The funeral lasted throughout a whole month. Furthermore, Ling Han personally delivered Ma Duo Bao’s body into the core of the earth so that it would forever accompany the Lower Realm.
There were still many matters to deal with afterwards.
The handover of a nation was naturally not something that could be done with mere words. There were many details and trivial matters to be dealt with. Thankfully, though Helian Xunxue was no longer here, he still had with him a veteran like the Rain Emperor, who managed to share much of the pressure on Ling Han.
Meanwhile, Helian Tianyun once again entered the seas, and began to recapture the four seas. Although Ao Jian had not fully died, he was only left with a spirit. Even if he did appear again, so what? Would he be able to be a match for Helian Tianyun?
One had to know that Helian Tianyun had had battle prowess of twenty Stars of Shattering Void Tier all those years ago, and his level in monstrosity was in no way inferior to Ma Duo Bao. Now that he had returned back to the Shattering Void Tier, his power advanced rapidly, and it would definitely not be too long before he once again returned to the peak.
Ling Han, on the other hand, worked hard at cultivation. The current him was not yet qualified to split open the skies. To be safe, he had to reach the ninth layer of the Shattering Void Tier.
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