This was genuinely stunning. One had to realize that the battle prowess of the Seven Generals and the Left and Right Minister could only surpass four stars. If they wanted to surpass five stars, they would need to draw on the power of the nation. However, Wu Ziren could surpass five stars through his own power alone!
Many forces had already tried to recruit him in the past few days, with the amount of attention that he drew being no lower than that of Ling Han. It was just that he hadn’t express his own intentions the entire time.
“Please, you first.” Ling Han gestured with his hand.
A resolute expression appeared on Wu Ziren’s face. He had already received an order that required him to dispose of the opponent before him in 10 exchanges. However, this meant that he also had to sacrifice his life.
“Please!” he said in a raspy voice.
Pa, pa, pa!
The bones in his body crackled as he twisted his neck. Meanwhile, his body became significantly larger, and continued growing. Wisps of black aura surged from his body.
His appearance had seemed ordinary before, yet it became especially sinister now. It was as if he had descended into a Demonic Dao.
Boom!
His aura suddenly grew explosively. It had only been at the late stage of the medium extreme before, yet it rapidly surpassed the high extreme and consummate level. Even so, it still continued to grow ferociously.
“How is this possible?!”
“Isn’t he at the medium extreme? How has his aura suddenly surpassed the consummate level?”
“His aura shouldn’t grow so much even if he’s breaking through on the spot! Anyhow, there should appear heavenly tribulation if he was genuinely breaking through.”
“Gasp! What kind of secret technique can allow one to grow two minor levels and surpass at least nine stars?”
“It’s more than nine stars! The might of his aura isn’t as simple as the peak stage of the consummate level. In fact, it’s soaring toward the pseudo-Sun Moon Tier!”
“It’s 10 stars, perhaps even 11 stars!”
“Impossible! Definitely impossible! Even five-star geniuses only exist in legends. Six-star geniuses are more so unheard of, so how can there be a 10- or even 11-star genius?”
“Heh, six-star geniuses do indeed exist! When this old man was still young, I once went to the Two Realm Battlefield to cultivate my skills. I saw a six-star genius there, and even heard of the existence of a seven-star genius. The reason why such geniuses don’t exist here is because the cultivation level of the Joint Peace Planet is merely capped at the Heavenly Body Tier.”
“No, no, no, this person is definitely not a 10-star genius. His original cultivation level is already at the peak stage of the consummate level. It’s just that he used some secret technique to change his aura. Right now, he’s simply using some other secret technique to forcefully raise his battle prowess.”
There were a dozen or so Sun Moon Tier elites seated somewhere in the stands and discussing something among themselves.
One of the elders had remained silent the entire time. However, an expression of pure shock suddenly spread across his face, and he yelped, “Demonic Qi!”
“Elder An, what’s Demonic Qi?” the other Sun Moon Tier elites asked. They all seemed very respectful toward this elder.
This elder’s surname was An, and he was an elite at the consummate level of the Sun Moon Tier. He was a top-echelon elite even in the Imperial Capital of the Majestic Empire. Only a tiny number of people had a higher cultivation level or status than him—the Seven Generals, the Left and Right Minister, the Nine Kings, and Empress Luan Xing.
Moreover, this Elder An was indeed old enough as well. He had traveled far and wide when he was young, and he had even traveled beyond the Joint Peace Planet before. His experiences were especially rich.
“I’m sure you all know that there’s a Netherworld in addition to our Immortal Realm, right?” Elder An didn’t answer their question, and instead asked a question back at them.
The elites around him nodded. They had indeed heard that there were weak points between the two realms located on other planets. These weak points formed passageways, and it was in these passageways that the elites of the Immortal Realm and Netherworld would engage in intense and bloody battles.
The Joint Peace Planet was extremely fortunate, and didn’t possess any such weak point. Otherwise, how could there be conflict between the three Majestic Empires? If there were a weak point, all of their time and resources would be spent on defending against the Netherworld.
“The wisps of black aura radiating from that person’s body… are none other than Demonic Qi!” Elder An’s voice was extremely certain, and he continued, “Back when I was young, I once traveled to the Two Realm Battlefield and fought against many cultivators from the Netherworld. Thus, I’m especially familiar with Demonic Qi.”
“What?! That person is actually a cultivator from the Netherworld?” Those around Elder An all exclaimed in surprise. This was a stunning turn of events. If a warrior from the Netherworld appeared here, did that mean that the Joint Peace Planet also had a passageway that linked the two realms?
“No, that person is most likely from the Immortal Realm. However, Demonic Qi has been sealed into his body. Strange… When I was still at the Two Realm Battlefield, I often saw people investigating Demonic Qi. However, those who tried to absorb Demonic Qi into their bodies would only end up dying. The Regulations of the Netherworld are completely different from those of the Immortal Realm, with each opposing the other. Trying to have them coexist is simply impossible.”
There was a look of surprise and confusion on Elder An’s face.
“Should we stop the battle?” someone asked.
Another person immediately shook their head, and said, “In order to achieve their so-called fairness, the Iron Blood Stadium seals the entire battlefield once the battle begins. Breaking this seal will take quite a while, even for someone at the peak stage of the Sun Moon Tier. Only great elites at the Heavenly Body Tier can break this seal quickly!”
However, this was merely a battle between two cultivators at the Mountain River Tier, so how could it attract great elites at the Heavenly Body Tier?
“That’s right!” Elder An suddenly clapped his hands together and stood up, saying, “Although I don’t know how he did it, I’m certain that he’s taking advantage of the conflict between his body and the Demonic Qi to forcefully raise his battle prowess. However, the price of doing this… is definitely tremendous!”
Chapter 1051 - The Moment of Life and Death
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Everyone nodded.
Even though the consummate level of Mountain River Tier was a mere step away from the Sun Moon Tier, this single step was incomparably far. Pseudo-Sun Moon Tier was the battle prowess that was truly incredibly close to the Sun Moon Tier, but this cultivation level only existed in theory, normally speaking.
However, some elites had deduced that only a seven-star genius would be able to force their way into battle prowess on the level of pseudo-Sun Moon Tier when they were at the peak stage of consummate level.
But even a five-star genius only existed in myths, so where would they find a seven-star genius?
Thus, no matter what secret technique had been used to allow one’s battle prowess to rise up to seven stars or even more than that, the price paid would definitely be huge. It was possible that after this one burst of power, the user would directly be crippled, or even die!
“This is an assassination!” Someone realized.
“This is a plan to murder Ling Han in front of the public, and the price would be a cultivator at the consummate level of Mountain River Tier!”
“Humph, exactly which force is behind this?”
“The Eternity Sky Majestic Empire? Jade Drop Majestic Empire? Or… the Dark Night Hall?”
“Aside from these three great forces, there would be no other for
ce that could afford to do this.”
These elites immediately issued the command for the restrictions on the Iron Blood Stadium to be activated. Whether they could stop the battle or not, they could not do nothing and simply sit here to watch, right?
And in another VIP seat, Zhao Lun was also passing judgement, and saying something along these lines.
He was naturally not going to say that this Wu Ziren was someone he had hired from the Dark Night Hall, yet very clearly analyzed this man’s battle prowess.
Pseudo-Sun Moon Tier… Even he would have to exert a little bit of effort to kill a man of this caliber. Then, killing Ling Han was really too easy. It would only be a matter of one or two moves.
Shui Yanyu immediately became nervous. She had been worrying all this while, and now that she knew that Wu Ziren actually possessed battle prowess on the level of pseudo-Sun Moon Tier, she finally turned ashen.
Why would such an elite be called pseudo-Sun Moon Tier?
With the words of ‘Sun Moon Tier’, there was a massive gulf distinguishing him from the Mountain River Tier!
This was a gap that could crush all opposition.
She kept comforting herself internally. Ling Han had fought pseudo-Sun Moon Tier puppets before, and he still had many treasures. He had so many cards under his sleeve that it had exceeded anyone’s imagination.
Furthermore, Ling Han’s physique was also tough. Worse come to worst, he would get a few injuries, but whatever happened, he could still duck into the Black Tower, so it was impossible that he would die.
As for how many troubles would be attracted by revealing the secret of a Spatial God Tool in public, that was something to worry about in future. He first had to survive this present calamity.
Zhao Lun, meanwhile, smirked coldly. This time, Ling Han would definitely be unable to escape!
Ling Han was stunned. The aura that his opponent was exuding was nothing unfamiliar to him.
Demonic Qi!
Demonic Qi could actually appear on a member of the human race? Could it be that he had also refined the essence of a Demon Master just like him?
No, no, no. In terms of quality, the level of this Demonic Qi was very low. He estimated it to be not that much stronger than the Asura Demon Emperor’s. His opponent’s abilities suddenly rose sharply, so he must have made use of the conflict between the Regulations from the two different Realms of the Immortal Realm and the Netherworld.
Fast Technique only slightly damaged the Regulations, and had caused such great strain on Ling Han already. Now, Wu Ziren actually allowed the Regulations from the two Realms to collide in his body and explode. Although this would bring him frightening power, the destructive ability was naturally far more than whatever boost of power he attained.
‘After this battle, even if he did not die, he would be severely wounded, right?
‘He’s really willing to pay such an exorbitant price!’ Ling Han thought.
At the same time, a powerful vigilance against the Dark Night Hall rose up in him. The usage of Demonic Qi could actually boost one’s battle prowess to such a terrifying extent; he had to stay on guard against them!
And this was only Mountain River Tier. What if a Sun Moon Tier cultivator also got a boost like that? Wouldn’t he then be capable of matching Heavenly Body Tier? If there were more of them, wouldn’t they be able to gang up on and kill a Heavenly Body Tier elite?
Yet he was overthinking things. It was definitely not just anyone that could endure the barrage of Demonic Qi, and it was not just anyone who would have that kind of resolve to sacrifice their life to have a brilliant battle. Even in the Dark Night Hall, there was a limited number of such death warriors.
“Die!” Wu Ziren boosted his battle prowess to its peak. Boom , his aura turned solid, and he became like a Great Demon God that could destroy the heavens and earth. Then he delivered an attack at Ling Han.
He raised his hand, and a fist punched out towards Ling Han. One fist turned into something about the size of a house, and vacuum actually formed behind it, the space itself twisting due to the force produced as it flew forward.
This was absolutely dominating power. Even Ling Han could possibly be pounded directly into mush if he took a punch head on; Level Three Godly metal was definitely incapable of blocking the power of the Sun Moon Tier.
How could it be blocked?
Ling Han retreated, but this was the Iron Blood Stadium. The battleground was indeed very big, but however big it was, there was a limit to its size. Very soon, he had retreated to the wall, and Wu Ziren’s punch had also arrived with all its overwhelming force.
Ling Han released a soft shout, and his whole person stood on the wall. He pushed out his right hand, and extended it to its maximum, his whole person turning into a perfectly straight line.
His hand, meanwhile, was gripping a brick.
It was precisely the Absolute Beginning Stone.
Peng!
As the punch arrived, blood sprayed out.
“Wa!” Ling Han threw up blood. The Absolute Beginning Stone could completely absorb any attack, but it was limited by its own size. Though he had turned his body into a straight line, trying to hide as much as he could behind the Absolute Beginning Stone, it was still unable to completely shield his body.
HIs right shoulder had completely been turned into mush, and he had also lost half his right foot. His left leg, meanwhile, along with his groin, was one-third smaller than before.
However, he had survived this attack!
With the channeling of a drop of Indestructible True Fluid, in that one instant, all the injuries on Ling Han’s body recovered completely. Immediately, he had returned to prime condition.
He summoned the Divine Sword, and used the Fast Technique.
Wu Ziren was astonished, and hurriedly stretched out his arms to protect his chest because he saw that the light of the sword was shooting towards his heart.
However, he had just barely raised his arm when he discovered he could not exert any strength no matter how hard he tried—he had been blocked by the Absolute Beginning Stone.
And it was in that one moment that the Divine Sword had stabbed towards him.
It was too fast!
The tip of the sword entered his body, piercing his heart!
“Die with me!” Wu Ziren’s eyes were bloodshot. He suddenly opened his mouth, and spat out a sound wave.
This sound wave actually turned into a few hundred black-colored swords. Demonic Qi twined around them, and they shot towards Ling Han.
The Regulations of the two Realms were different. If Demonic Qi entered his body, Ling Han would definitely be crushed by the Dao of Heaven and Earth.
At such a close distance, how would Ling Han be able to dodge it?
Though he tried to dodge as hard as he could, and also blocked a few black swords with the Absolute Beginning Stone, there were really too many black swords. A few still reached him. The defense of Level Three Godly metal was useless as well. The black swords damaged his defense, and pierced right into his body.
“Hahahaha, I have still completed my mission!” Wu Ziren’s expression was filled with madness. He was really a maniac; his heart had already been pierced, and he had still not died immediately.
True, his body had been damaged by the Regulations of the two Realms. He was destined to die after this battle. Hence, his body had long since been damaged, so his vital points were not as vital as they should be.
“I have to disappoint you,” Ling Han said calmly. What a joke; he had already refined the essence of a Demon Master, and even with that, he was unscathed. You, with that little bit of Demonic Qi, wanted to kill him? You were definitely thinking too much.
With a light shake, the black swords shot out of his body one after another, turning into streams of black Qi, and Ling Han’s wounds were also rapidly healing. The blood that he had spilt was also bright red.
“How could this be!? How could this be?!” Wu Ziren’s expression was
filled with disbelief. How could he have so easily expelled the Demonic Qi that had invaded his body?
‘Are you still f***ing human?’
He was unwilling, but his last bit of strength had gone away with that final attack. Abruptly, he crashed onto the ground, his body shattering. Due to the barrage between the power of Regulations from two Realms, not only did he not die with an intact corpse, he did not even manage to leave behind the slightest bit of flesh.
Chapter 1052 - The Empress Speaks
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The battle thus ended.
In the Iron Blood Stadium, there was complete silence.
It was too inconceivable. This sudden turn of events was really too dramatic, and happened too quickly!
Wu Ziren was someone that possessed battle prowess on the level of pseudo-Sun Moon Tier. Even if an elite in the low extreme of the Sun Moon Tier stepped up, he would still have to exert a little effort to suppress Wu Ziren.
But Ling Han?
His cultivation level was definitely in the late stage of the medium extreme. He had not burst out with enough power to produce a shock just now; he had merely blocked Wu Ziren’s fatal strike with a very strange method. He had also struck with his sword at an inconceivably fast speed, and ended the battle.
Strange, this was too strange.
An elite at pseudo-Sun Moon Tier was actually killed so simply?
Everyone was tweaking their ears and scratching their cheeks in frustration. No matter what, they could not accept this conclusion. They had obviously seen it with their own eyes, but none of them could accept this fact, because this far exceeded common sense.
Perhaps there really was a 10-star genius in this world, but the battle prowess that Ling Han had shown previously had definitely not reached that level!
Strange! This was too strange!
“The brick in that brat’s hand!” Finally, someone spotted this clue. Otherwise, in that kind of dangerous situation, what reason would Ling Han have for taking out a brick? But what kind of brick was that? It obviously did not have any divine patterns flickering on it, so it should not be a God Tool, yet it was capable of dispersing the attack of a pseudo-Sun Moon Tier opponent.
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