Zhou Yuan’s expression changed as his eyes turned grave.
To think that Wu Huang had actually made use of the time they were locked in battle to secretly bring out his Genesis Qi and activate an extremely powerful Genesis technique. This truly was an applaudable feat.
Wu Huang stood in the air atop his Genesis Qi, his eyes cold as he looked down upon Zhou Yuan and said in an indifferent voice, “This low grade Heaven Genesis technique of mine was originally prepared for Ye Ming or Li Chunjun… I never imagined that it would ultimately be used on you.”
“Low grade Heaven Genesis technique?!”
Zhou Yuan’s pupils shrank slightly. Wu Huang had mastered a Heaven Genesis technique?!
Although Zhou Yuan had never learnt one before, he clearly understood the might it possessed. A Genesis technique of that level could slay even those above one’s cultivation level.
“How troublesome.” Zhou Yuan sighed softly. Wu Huang was indeed the most difficult amongst all the opponents he had ever encountered.
Numerous gazes both in and out of the Saint Remains Domain were tinged with shock and amazement as they gazed upon the scarlet cloud in the sky.
“Wu Huang truly is unfathomable. He has even mastered a Heaven Genesis technique!”
“Most importantly, he has even managed to activate it, a feat that ordinary Alpha-Origin experts may not be able to achieve.”
“Looks like the battle is going to end soon. Zhou Yuan cannot possibly survive that.”
Most of their remarks were filled with regret, evidently pitying Zhou Yuan, but this was the cruel reality that nothing could be done about. The dark horse Zhou Yuan had already surprised and amazed everyone by reaching this stage, but the opponent he was pitted against this time was just far too strong.
“Zhou Yuan, if you’re feeling regretful now, destroy your Qi Dwelling and I will spare your life.” Wu Huang grinned a little as he stared at Zhou Yuan, as if everything was already in the palm of his hand.
Zhou Yuan also smiled as he calmly replied, “Useless trash, you had the lead for so many years and yet you were still pushed so far by me. Wu Huang, you’re not as formidable as I had expected.”
Wu Huang’s gaze turned eerily chilling as he icily said, “Since you want to die, I will grant your wish. Don’t worry though, I will hang your corpse from my banner when I destroy the Great Zhou empire.”
His face twisted into cruelness as his hands came together and Genesis Qi erupted.
“Heaven Genesis technique, Scarlet Heaven Gravel Explosion!”
Boom!
The scarlet cloud above Wu Huang shuddered violently. All of a sudden, countless scarlet-red gravel rained down from the sky, an explosive power contained within every piece.
An area within a thousand feet was covered in the shadows of the falling gravel.
“Scarlet Heaven Gravel Explosion!” Mu Wuji’s expression immediately changed when he saw this. His frosty gaze looked towards Zhao Pan as he questioned, “Why do I recall that this Heaven Genesis technique belongs to Sacred Palace?”
Zhao Pan smiled slightly as he replied, “Your memory must be failing you. Sacred Palace has countless Genesis technique, some of which may naturally be similar to this one.”
Mu Wuji was livid. Zhao Pan was completely shameless. As an envoy, he had secretly interfered and showed favoritism, even giving a Heaven Genesis technique to Wu Huang!
*Crash*!
Innumerable scarlet rocks swept down from the sky, practically transforming the area into a death zone. Anyone who stepped in would undoubtedly be killed.
Everyone inwardly shook their heads. Zhou Yuan was really in danger this time.
Under those countless pitying gazes, Zhou Yuan’s expression was exceptionally grim, however, he did not show any panic. With a deep breath, he said, “Wu Huang, did you think that you were the only one secretly preparing something earlier?”
Wu Huang’s eyes narrowed slightly.
Zhou Yuan icily snorted. With a sudden wave his sleeve, a gush of force swept out, sweeping away all the rocks on the ground. Everyone immediately saw several scrolls sticking out from the ground around Zhou Yuan.
Ripples spread from each scroll.
The sight of these scrolls caused the crowd to cry out, “Those are… Genesis Rune scrolls?!”
“What is Zhou Yuan up to?”
“From what I can see, those Genesis Rune scrolls are at most grade 3 Genesis Runes. It’s not possible for them to stop the Scarlet Heaven Gravel Explosion.”
Wu Huang let out an icy chuckle. “Trying to scare me off? Those can’t save you!”
He had also realised that the Genesis Rune scrolls were only grade 3, and thus nothing to be feared.
Zhou Yuan ignored the former, and instead reached out a hand and made a slight grabbing motion. The Heavenly Yuan Brush stuck in the ground some distance away immediately shot towards him as it swiftly shrank, turning back into its culture form when it reached his hand.
Brush now in hand, Zhou Yuan began to draw in the air, creating stroke after stroke. In the end, the strokes gradually came together to form a Genesis Rune.
“Shatter!”
With a stomp of his food, the Genesis Rune scrolls around him instantly burst apart. Light blossomed and began interweaving, taking the shape of numerous tortoise shells.
Each ray of light seemed to overlap with another, an exceedingly mystical sight.
At this moment, the complex Genesis Qi in front of Zhou Yuan released a dazzling radiance. Light transformed into strings, linking the tortoise shell like runes together.
In a short span of a few breaths, a tortoise shell dome of light, dozens of feet in diameter, had been created around Zhou Yuan, protecting him.
There was originally nothing to fear from these grade 3 Genesis Rune scrolls, but after connecting to each other, they seemed to receive a tremendous boost. Genesis Qi concentrated into thick, sturdy bonds, like an ancient tortoise shell.
“This is…”
The sight of this caused gasps of amazement to erupt both in and out of the Saint Remains Domain.
Mu Wuji likewise watched in surprise as one of the envoys who was more proficient in Genesis Runes involuntarily cried out, “He has constructed a Genesis Rune boundary! What amazing Genesis Rune talent!”
“So it’s a Genesis Rune boundary…” A strange shine was revealed in Mu Wuji’s eyes. One must know that it was extremely complicated to construct a Genesis Rune boundary, because numerous Genesis Runes were needed as building blocks. In addition, they needed perfectly connected, and not even the smallest mistake could be tolerated. This required extremely fine control over one’s Spirit power and senses.
Even grade 4 Genesis Rune masters may not be able to construct a Genesis Rune boundary like this.
And yet, Zhou Yuan had succeeded in constructing it while he was locked in combat.
“Although it’s foundations were made from grade 3 Genesis Runes, its defensive ability is extremely outstanding, and may even be enough to withstand Wu Huang’s killing blow.” Mu Wuji could not help but laugh.
“I’ve indeed underestimated this kid.”
Even he had not been too optimistic about Zhou Yuan’s odds this time, but who could have expected that the latter would be amply prepared.
Under countless gazes filled with amazement, Zhou Yuan stood within the Genesis Rune boundary. He lifted his head to look at the sky full of scarlet gravel as the Genesis Rune Brush in his hand pointed in the air.
Resplendent rays of light instantly exploded from the entire Genesis Rune boundary, bestowing the ancient tortoise shell indestructibility.
“Wu Huang, let my Heavenly Tortoise Boundary have a taste of how powerful your Heaven Genesis technique is!”
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Bzz!
The tortoise shell like dome glowed brightly as mystical runes appeared on it, giving it an indestructible feeling.
Zhou Yuan stood within it as he watched the scarlet
gravel sweep down from the sky.
Hulala!
Under countless nervous watching gazes, the scarlet gravel ruthlessly smashed into the tortoise shell Genesis Rune boundary.
Bang bang!
An unceasing chain of explosions immediately began.
Every scarlet rock contained volatile explosive power, and the cumulation of so many was definitely extremely terrifying. Even a mountain would be destroyed by their combined force.
Scarlet shockwaves that could been seen with the naked eye unfurled as the Genesis Rune boundary violently rippled.
Every gaze both outside and inside the Saint Remains Domain were tightly glued to the scenes in the mirror. Everyone clearly wanted to know if Zhou Yuan’s Genesis Rune boundary would be able to withstand such a frightening attack.
If it failed… it would likely be the end of the battle.
Every eye in the place did not dare to even blink.
Bang! Bang!
Inside the Genesis Rune boundary, Zhou Yuan stared at the wildly rippling Genesis Rune boundary. He could feel just how powerful the bombardment was. If he was exposed, things would indeed become very difficult.
“A Heaven Genesis technique sure is terrifying…”
Mumbled Zhou Yuan. Even a low grade Heaven Genesis technique was already able to rouse the surrounding Genesis Qi, creating a frightening attack. Such power was far from anything a Black Genesis technique could achieve.
His gaze peered into the distance where Wu Huang was standing on scarlet-red Genesis Qi in the air. The latter’s face was currently sinisterly dark, a gaze that could swallow a man whole locked onto Zhou Yuan.
“Zhou Yuan, since you’re living in such misery, you should not so desperately delay the inevitable…” Wu Huang’s chilling voice sounded.
His hand seal changed, immediately causing the scarlet cloud in the sky to shake as more and more scarlet gravel rained down, covering the entire sky as they plunged towards the violently rippling Genesis Rune boundary.
The increasingly ferocious attacks caused the entire tortoise shell like Genesis Rune boundary to begin shaking wildly.
“That Genesis Rune boundary is about to reach its limit.”
This scene immediately fell into the eyes of numerous people, resulting in a series of pitying sighs. “What a pity, Zhou Yuan was really amazing.”
“Yeah, with the cultivation of the Heaven Gate stage, he forced even someone like Wu Huang to use a Heaven Genesis technique. Even if he loses, his name will surely shake the Cangmang Continent.”
“Agreed. If he also had Alpha-Origin stage cultivation, it would be difficult to say who would win this battle.”
Rumble!
Amidst the numerous voices, the Genesis Rune boundary shaking grew more and more violent, the tortoise shell like boundary weakening layer by layer under the bombardment of countless scarlet gravel.
“Zhou Yuan, you will die today!”
The murder in Wu Huang's eyes grew thicker and thicker as he watched the weakening Genesis Rune boundary. In the next instant, he suddenly put his hands together and shouted, "Scarlet Gravel Punch!"
Bzzz bzzz!
The scarlet gravel in the sky began to gather at this moment, forming a several dozen feet large scarlet-red fist. The giant fist was the sum of innumerable scarlet gravel, wild and berserk undulations pulsing from it.
“Die!”
Wu Huang laughed savagely as his palm swung downwards.
Swish!
The giant scarlet gravel fist descended at an indescribably fast speed. Even Zhou Yuan was only able to see a blur fly past as a series of muffled explosion rang out in the sky.
Pchla!
In a mere instant, the scarlet fist had already appeared above the Genesis Rune boundary, slamming down a split second later.
The Genesis Rune boundary seemed to freeze at the moment of impact. Almost immediately after, ripples crazily pulsed from the point of contact...
Crack.
A faint sound was heard from the Genesis Runes on the ground, cracks appearing on them.
Cracks similarly began to emerge on the Genesis Rune boundary.
It was clearly on the verge of shattering.
Countless onlookers shook their heads inside. As expected, Zhou Yuan's Genesis Rune boundary was still a little lacking.
"Looks like it's not enough…"
Zhou Yuan frowned slightly. The central pillar of his Genesis Rune boundary were grade 3 Genesis Runes. If he could replace them with grade 4, it may be enough to withstand the attacks.
Boom!
The giant scarlet gravel fist trembled as the Genesis Rune boundary finally reached its limit and burst apart with a boom.
Having blasted apart the Genesis Rune boundary, the scarlet fist continued to descend, heading straight for Zhou Yuan.
Zhou Yuan's legs bent, about to use Dragon Step to dodge. The attack was too powerful, and it was impossible for him to receive it head-on given his current strength.
However, the moment Zhou Yuan was about the dodge, he suddenly felt a tremble from between his brows as a faint ancient rune appeared.
"The Saint Rune from the golden pool?!"
Zhou Yuan's heart shook. He had tried so hard to get a reaction from the Saint Rune previously, but his efforts bore no fruit. It was surprising for it to suddenly appear at this critical juncture.
Lines suddenly extended from the rune, ultimately piercing Zhou Yuan's pupils.
A slight prickling pain was felt from his eyes.
Unbeknownst to him, ancient patterns began to fill Zhou Yuan's pupils.
Before he could panic, he suddenly realised that world before him seemed to be different. The quick as thunder giant scarlet gravel fist seemed to have slowed substantially.
Moreover, several dots of light had appeared in the giant fist.
These light dots were scattered all over, making it difficult to make any sense of them. However, Zhou Yuan could feel that the area in the vicinity of these light dots were extremely unstable, the Genesis Qi there somewhat in chaos.
"These are…"
Zhou Yuan pupils suddenly tightened. "Weak points?!"
The light dots were definitely the most vulnerable areas of the giant scarlet gravel fist. In other words, weak points!
But this realization also confused Zhou Yuan. These vulnerabilities were concealed by the scarlet gravel, making them almost impossible to detect. Yet, they were now as bright as lamps in his eyes.
"Is this the ability of the Saint Rune?!" Zhou Yuan was struck by a flash of understanding.
The Saint Rune could allow him to see the many vulnerabilities in Genesis techniques?
Zhou Yuan's heart was akin to a raging sea because he knew just how frightening this ability was. Vulnerabilities existed in any Genesis technique. If he could find these vulnerabilities, it would be akin to achieving a huge effect with little effort, paying the smallest possible price to destroy an opponent’s Genesis Qi.
The figure that was about to retreat paused slightly.
"If so, perhaps I no longer need to avoid…"
He raised his head, looking at the rapidly descending giant scarlet gravel fist as his eyes narrowed slightly.
His legs bent again, swiftly shooting forward a split second later. Five fingers clenched tightly into a fist as the golden Magical Python Scales emerged. Dark gold Genesis Qi whizzed out, shaking the surrounding air.
“He… isn’t going to dodge?!”
Horrified yelps exploded when this scene fell into the eyes of the many onlookers. Everyone was both shaken and stunned by Zhou Yuan’s foolish actions.
Mu Wuji’s expression also changed slightly.
While a malicious smile was revealed on Zhao Pan’s face.
Wu Huang looked down from above, ridicule and disdain lifting from the corners of his mouth.
“Zhou Yuan, since you want death so badly, you can only blame yourself in the underworld!”
Under countless gazes of disbeli
ef, Zhou Yuan continued his advance with a cold look on his face. A fist covered in golden scales powerfully slammed into the descending giant scarlet gravel fist with the strongest power he could muster...
Dong!
The entire white jade plaza seemed to violently tremble at this moment.
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The entire world seemed to fall silent for an instant when Zhou Yuan’s golden scale covered fist collided with the giant scarlet gravel fist. Next, everyone watched as a berserk Genesis Qi shockwave frantically unfurled...
The tiles on the giant white jade plaza were vaporised to dust.
Such a clash made even several Alpha-Origin experts shiver inside. If they were the ones on the battlefield, they would likely be incapable of withstanding such a crazy shockwave.
Everyone’s eyes were tightly glued to the epicenter of the shockwave.
“Zhou Yuan is definitely dead.” The crowd secretly shook their heads inside. Zhou Yuan’s foolish actions were undoubtedly no difference from plunging to one’s death in their eyes. After all, the attack Wu Huang had used was a Heaven Genesis technique!
Even Zhou Yuan’s Genesis Rune boundary had been unable to stop it, let alone taking it directly with his body.
Wu Huang stood on his Genesis Qi, eyes ice-cold as a savage smile slowly lifted from the corners of his lips. Zhou Yuan, have you finally given up?!
Crack!
At this moment, an extremely faint sound rang out.
Wu Huang suddenly cast his gaze downwards as his eyes focused, before a look of disbelief flooded his face. He had just seen a faint crack appear on the giant scarlet gravel fist.
At this time, even with his mental fortitude, Wu Huang involuntarily cried out, “How is this possible?!”
“Nothing is impossible…” A voice rang out from under the giant scarlet gravel fist. Dazzling golden light suddenly erupted, a sliver of purple seemingly present within it.
Boom!
Rays of light that seemed to contain tremendous power blossomed as cracks rapidly emerged on the giant scarlet gravel fist. In the end, it exploded with a loud boom!
The giant fist transformed into countless specks of scarlet light that danced in the sky.
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