“All right!” Ling Han agreed decisively. He had always had a very good impression of Corpse Boss.
Corpse Boss stared at Ling Han for a moment, then turned and left.
Ding Ping watched from the side, his blood racing, wanting nothing more than to possess such battle prowess at this moment as well so that he could have a vigorous battle himself.
Ling Han smiled, and said, “The next time that man comes to challenge me, you will accept his challenge on my behalf.”
Ding Ping was initially stunned before he immediately became so excited that he almost passed out. He could feel the fighting spirit in his whole body soar up to the heavens, and some unknown emotion awakened in himself, which made him experience a fathomless heroic spirit.
He half-knelt on the ground, and said, “I will definitely not disappoint you, Master!”
Ling Han nodded, and said, “Now, I should go clear away the last problem on the path of splitting open the skies.”
He brought Ding Ping with him. A few steps later, he arrived at the cemetery that Corpse Boss had spoken of.
As the Thousand Corpse Sect cultivated Corpse Techniques, their entire bodies were filled with Corpse Qi, and if they were buried underground, no one could possibly distinguish them from actual corpses. Thus, graves were naturally their best hiding place. Unless Ling Han was determined enough to dig out all the graves in the world, it would definitely be impossible for him to find them.
But now with a man inside, it was a different story.
Without another word, Ling Han directly formed his arm into the shape of a bow, formed his Origin Power into an arrow, and circulated out the Annihilating Dragon Star Arrow. From afar, he aimed at that ancient cemetery. His hand loosened, and xiu , the arrow of Origin Power was fired, and hong , shot into the ancient cemetery.
It was best for the Annihilating Dragon Star Arrow to have the base of an actual arrow, and only then would the arrow shot express its greatest might. However, Ling Han was too strong by now, and he had absolutely no need for an actual arrow to express an incredibly powerful might.
This was a real secret technique of the Immortal Realm!
Hong !
The arrow of Origin Power shot down, and the whole ancient cemetery instantly disappeared, becoming a deep pit.
Xiu, xiu, xiu. A dozen over people shot up into the skies.
The Ninth Underworld King, Corpse Two, Rong Huan Xuan, as well as nine elders that were all skin and bones. Corpse Qi wound around their whole bodies, and if they appeared in the middle of the night, they would definitely give anyone a deadly shock.
With this strike, all those below Heaven Tier would be exterminated!
“Ling Han!” When he saw Ling Han, Rong Huan Xuan immediately gritted his teeth. He and Ling Han could really be considered old foes; they had been entangled with each other from the very beginning in the Desolate North. But, aside from their first meeting when he had gotten the upper hand, he had always been suppressed by Ling Han afterwards. This caused a thorn to be stuck deeply in his heart.
One had to know that he, too, had advanced into the Heaven Tier by now. To break through so quickly, it was frightening, but compared with Ling Han, it was really not worth mentioning.
In front of Ling Han, he paled in comparison, and could only become a pitiful background for Ling Han’s brilliance.
He would not submit; he was also one who had obtained the favor of the heavens!
Chapter 876 - Breakthrough!
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“I haven’t seen you for a long time. This time, I will surely kill you!” Ling Han raised his hand as he greeted and smiled at all of them. “Today, don’t even think that any of you can escape!”
The Ninth Underworld King couldn’t help but humph lowly. Even the elites from the five great sects would not have dared to utter such gibberish to him. Now, a junior actually dared to show him such contempt! He had never really held Ling Han in high regard—it wasn’t Ling Han who had put down the five great sects, and the unification of the four seas was the credit of Helian Tianyun alone.
What did Ling Han do? Only reaping what he had not sown!
“Junior, you are too arrogant!” he remarked coldly.
Ling Han smiled faintly, and said, “Evil and unorthodox cult, appearing before me, you had better fall to your knees and accept death!” Hong , endless imperial might burst forth. Pa, pa, pa, pa, aside from the Ninth Underworld King, Corpse Two, and Rong Huan Xuan, the remaining nine people knelt down in unison.
Rong Huan Xuan’s entire body was trembling, and blood vessels were even throbbing on top of his skin—the exaggerated protrusion would make anyone who saw it suffer from goosebumps.
In fact, he was incapable of resisting such mighty pressure, but his heart was truly unyielding and unwilling to submit. Thereby, he was forcing himself to surpass his limit of resistance.
Pa, pa, pa , the bones in his whole body were cracking, and tears of blood flowed from his eyes. There was blood spewing from his nostrils and ears. The disciples of Thousand Corpse Sect cultivated Corpse Techniques, and had a pitifully small amount of blood in their body. Although he appeared to be only bleeding from the seven apertures, in fact the damage was extremely major.
“Obstinately choosing to be a corpse over being a good human? Then I will just grant your wish!” Ling Han’s eyes shot open, and pa, pa, pa, pa , the nine people on their knees simultaneously dropped dead to the ground.
So what if they were Heaven Tier cultivators? In the presence of his present terrifying power, quantity no longer made any difference.
“Aaaaah!” The Ninth Underworld King was about to go mad from anger. These nine people were the nine Guardian Priests of the Thousand Corpse Sect. Apart from Corpse Boss, Corpse Two, Rong Huan Xuan, and himself, they were the strongest masters and the cornerstone of the sect!
Now, they had actually died before even launching a single strike. How could he not be angered?
“Die!” He brandished the Demonic Noise Saber. Suddenly, the sky was filled with the sound of demonic whistling, which surged violently towards Ling Han.
Ling Han gave a slight push with his raised palms, and the world suddenly became silent.
So what if the other party had the Demonic Noise Saber in his hands? The battle prowess of the Ninth Underworld King was at most thirteen Stars; otherwise, wouldn’t he have been able to wipe out the Sword Emperor and the others at the beginning?
“Let me do it!” Corpse Two stood out, his face bearing a cautious expression.
He was an ancient corpse returned to life, and he did not have a bottleneck. Within the Thousand Corpse Sect, he had received the dual nurturing of the Three Lives Corpse Casket and Pond of the Underworld. At present, he had actually reached the ninth layer of the Shattering Void Tier, and his battle prowess was barely at fifteen Stars, only somewhat modest compared to Corpse Boss.
As Corpse Boss was not present, he was the Thousand Corpse Sect’s strongest elite.
Ling Han smiled faintly, and said, “If anyone here can block one strike from me, I will spare his life.”
“Haha!” Corpse Two sneered. ‘This is extreme madness indeed! Do you think you are that dead fatty?’ Thousand Corpse Sect had remained low-key all this while not because of being afraid of Ling Han, but the seven Kings!
“What’s so funny?” Ling Han said solemnly. He didn’t have a good impression of Corpse Two, and directly delivered a slap.
Peng!
As the single slap flew across, Corpse Two stared at Ling Han with an expression of complete astonishment. He turned to the Ninth Underworld King, and was about to say something when his body suddenly turned into a bloody fog, and directly dissipated into the atmosphere.
‘This…! This…! This…!’
The Ninth Underworld King only felt a chill seeping from beneath the soles of his feet, directly rushing to the top of his brain.
Before, Ling Han had said
that anyone who could block one strike from him would be spared. This was neither shameless boasting nor overestimating one’s capability. Rather, his strength was powerful to the point of defying natural law.
The Ninth Underworld King did not have the courage to block one strike. Immediately, he ducked and leapt into the Three Lives Corpse Casket.
This was the most valuable treasure of the Thousand Corpse Sect that had existed for many years—it was indestructible!
Ling Han glanced at it. He could not help but feel an eagerness to try something out—with his current battle prowess, could he smash the Three Lives Corpse Casket?
He raised his right hand and began condensing sword intent.
For smashing this kind of extremely defensive treasure, of course, the last form of the Three Styles of Black Origin’s “breaking the formation” effect would be the best. However, Ling Han did not want to use a Level Ten Spirit Tool to smash it, fearing that Revere Life Sword would also be damaged.
Therefore, he decided to punch using sword intent.
He’d directly smash it using brute force!
His body was at the level of Godly metal—he wondered how many times harder this would be compared to Level Ten precious metal.
Precisely after twenty breaths, Ling Han gathered his strength to the peak before punching out.
The world was eclipsed!
Heng , the Eye of Heavenly Dao appeared, flickering above Ling Han. The power of this punch was too strong, enough to cause devastating damage to this world, thereby making the Eye of Heavenly Dao appear.
Peng!
As the punch hit, the Three Lives Corpse Casket was suddenly blasted open. One could clearly see the shocked expression on the Ninth Underworld King’s face—he was startled to the extreme. This was something that he could never have imagined—Three Lives Corpse Casket could actually be smashed!
However, the Ninth Underworld King was also instantly blown to bits by this terrifying power, and even the Demonic Noise Saber beside him was broken into seven chunks, its demonic patterns completely wiped out.
Ling Han’s current strength had reached the point where he could smash a Level Ten Spirit Tool with his bare hands.
Ling Han turned to look at the Eye of Heavenly Dao—this wasn’t the original one, for there wasn’t any wound on the eyeball.
It would not die. As long as the heavens and earth were still present in this small world, the Eye of Heavenly Dao would be revived. This was only the embodiment of the will of heaven and earth. Its roots were the entire world; as the world was not destroyed, it naturally would also not be destroyed.
However, after ascending to the Immortal Realm, the Lower Realm would only be a part of the Immortal Realm. It would become part of the will of the Immortal Realm. Naturally, there would no longer be any Eye of Heavenly Dao.
“Get lost!” Ling Han said as he pointed to Eye of Heavenly Dao. With his current strength, wiping out the Eye of Heavenly Dao would be an easy feat. However, as everything had yet to be arranged accordingly, he would not split open the sky for the time being.
The Eye of Heavenly Dao exuded a chill. It represented the heaven and earth of this realm, and was the supreme ruler thereof. Now, someone actually dared to disrespect it?
However, it did not make a move, as Ling Han did not violate the rules of this world—there was no reason for it to make a move. If it did not act according to the rules, then it would also lose the meaning of its existence.
In the blink of an eye, the Eye of Heavenly Dao disappeared.
Watching from the sidelines, Ding Ping felt that his hands and feet turned cold as an inexplicable excitement arose within him. ‘That is the will of heaven and earth, and it was actually ordered to retreat by Master! The greatness of Master’s power could no longer be tolerated in this world. No wonder he has to split open the sky.’
“Hahaha, I have broken through!” Rong Huan Xuan suddenly yelled and jumped up. His entire body was pumped up with powerful Qi, like a tide soaring into the sky.
He deserved to be called a genius. Under intense pressure, not only did he not collapse, but he actually faced the problem head on and obtained a breakthrough. He was instantly successful in crossing over to the Shattering Void Tier—a truly amazing feat.
“Ling Han, I am also in the Shattering Void Tier now!” Rong Huan Xuan bellowed. “I am not afraid of you!”
He was full of enthusiasm, but when his gaze swept across, he could not help but be dumbfounded. ‘Where are the Ninth Underworld King and Corpse Two?’
Before, he had been resisting Ling Han’s imposing Qi and reached the point of full concentration. He had not realized what had happened during that period.
“Pu!” Ding Ping immediately burst out laughing. Although he had a low cultivation level, he could still see it. Rong Huan Xuan’s cultivation level was still far off compared to the other two people earlier. Even those two were no match for a single strike from Master. ‘So what if you have broken through, you’re still a long way off.’
Was he trying to be funny?
Chapter 877 - Settling Unfinished Matters
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Rong Huan Xuan couldn’t help feeling tumultuous fury. A mere mortal actually dared to laugh at him?
Ling Han gave a faint smile, and said, “You are too inferior. Even my disciple looks down on you. Where did you get the courage to act with such arrogance?”
“Damn it!” With a flash, Rong Huan Xuan charged towards Ding Ping. He wanted to suck dry the blood of this mortal as punishment, and wanted Ling Han to lose a disciple so that he could enjoy the expression of agony that would appear on the latter’s face.
Boom , thunderclouds were rolling in the sky. Heaven and earth sensed that he had broken through to the Shattering Void Tier, and sent down a HeavenlyCalamity 1 .
Ling Han murmured, “I heard that outsiders can’t intervene with the Heavenly Calamity, otherwise they will be sucked into it. However, I can even split open this piece of heaven and earth, so what is there to fear if I am sucked into the Heavenly Calamity? It will be a good chance for me to temper my body of lightning further.”
He chuckled and made a grab with his hand. Without a doubt, Rong Huan Xuan fell into his hands.
How could he be a match for Ling Han when he had only just stepped into the Shattering Void Tier?
“What?!” Disbelief was written all over Rong Huan Xuan’s face. Before, he was only at the Heaven Tier, so how could he have sensed the formidability of Ling Han’s strength? He had assumed that Ling Han had only stepped into the Shattering Void Tier one or two years before him, and his cultivation would be at the second or third layer of the Shattering Void Tier at most.
How could the gap be so huge?
“Ling Han, I will pass through the Heavenly Calamity. Do you want to accompany me?” Then, he immediately smirked. ‘Who would not suffer when crossing through the Heavenly Calamity? Ling Han may appear incredibly strong, but the stronger his strength when he crosses the Heavenly Calamity, the stronger will be the corresponding power of the Heavenly Calamity, and the more likely it is for him to die.’
“You think too much!” Ling Han just grabbed at Rong Huan Xuan. With his strength, one hundred Rong Huan Xuans added together would not be able to escape.
Kuang!
The Heavenly Calamity struck down with a bolt of divine lightning at Rong Huan Xuan, drawing Ling Han in as well. Immediately, there was a second bolt of divine lightning, the target being Ling Han. However, as the distance between the two was so close, the two bolts of lightning drew them both in bound together.
“No!” Rong Huan Xuan screamed out in alarm. Even if he were to pass through the Heavenly Calamity in his strongest state, the rate of success would only be fifty-fifty. But now, he was shackled by Ling Han, and had to pass through two people’s worth of Heavenly Calamity—was it possible for him to pass it?
Had Ling Han gone mad? In order to kil
l him, he would actually put himself at risk!
Kuang! Kuang! Kuang!
Divine lightning pounded on them continuously. Given Rong Huan Xuan’s physique, how long would he be able to withstand it? He was instantly turned to ashes. Before his last breath, Rong Huan Xuan’s eyes were filled with bitter resentment because nothing happened when the divine lightning hit Ling Han’s body, and they rebounded one by one.
F*ck this! He would die with regrets!
In the next life, he definitely should not encounter a monster like Ling Han. To be born in the same era as him was a tragedy in itself.
Ling Han felt neither joy nor sorrow. With his current strength, he naturally would not care about defeating the Thousand Corpse Sect, but he had nevertheless eliminated an unstable element. He smashed the remaining two pieces of the Three Lives Corpse Casket with a punch.
The Pond of the Underworld was naturally formed in this realm, so it would be pointless to destroy it. It was formed from the condensed Yin Qi of this realm. Therefore, he could only seal it off below Million Treasures City using a formation technique, but it would basically be impossible for the Thousand Corpse Sect to reactivate it.
Ling Han took Ding Ping back to the imperial capital. On one hand, he had announced to the whole world that Ding Ping was his apprentice. On the other hand, he invited all his subjects for a final conference.
After splitting open the sky, he had to become a hostage. Hence, the Rain Emperor would become the regent, acting on behalf of the highest authority within the government. However, this would not bring about much difference. Ling Han had always been a ruler only in spirit. He practically never dealt with the affairs of the government. As long as he did not die, this would be sufficient. Really, his presence would cause little impact.
This made Ling Han dumbfounded. When an emperor came to this, was he a success or failure?
After splitting open the sky, some clans would definitely be tempted to collude with the forces of the Immortal Realm, disintegrating the Great Ling Empire and causing division within the nation. Therefore, a cleanup campaign would be carried out now. Those who were not loyal would directly have all their powers revoked.
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