High above in the nine heavens, the faint smile on the face of Wang Zhan's father instantly froze. His pupils shrank drastically as he took a sudden step forward, the aura around him fluctuating violently. "How is this possible?!"
The other almighty figures also revealed expressions of shock, their gazes deadlocked onto Xiao Ruobai below.
Wang Zhan slowly raised his head and wiped away a trace of golden blood leaking from the corner of his mouth. The shock in his eyes gradually faded, replaced by an extreme coldness and boiling killing intent!
Humiliation! This was an unprecedented, absolute humiliation!
He had actually been injured in a head-on clash by someone with a cultivation realm lower than his own!
"Good! Very good!"
Wang Zhan's voice was as cold as ten-thousand-year-old ice.
"Battle Asura! I admit that I underestimated you before! Your constitution qualifies you to make me go all out!"
Boom!!!
Before his voice even faded, the azure vitality around his body seemed to completely ignite, as if unlocking some ancient shackle!
In the center of his forehead, a complex Heavenly Rune suddenly lit up, exuding an ancient and majestic aura akin to the primordial era!
At this moment, Wang Zhan was no longer merely using the power of his Holy Body. Instead, he used a secret art to stimulate the origin power deep within his bloodline!
His aura skyrocketed once again, and a will that dictated destinies and stood above all creations shrouded the world!
"Heaven's Collapse!"
Wang Zhan fiercely spread his arms, and his azure vitality surged forth like a tsunami!
The void behind him seemed to collapse as if the entire sky was falling, transforming into an all-destroying azure torrent. Carrying a terrifying will to crush all things and return all laws to the void, it rolled crushingly toward Xiao Ruobai!
This move had a wider range and more concentrated power—it was unavoidable!
"Bring it on! War God Slaughters the World!"
Xiao Ruobai let out a long howl, advancing instead of retreating!
He threw out both fists, his dark-gold vitality condensing into two massive fist seals that tore through the heavens and the earth. Above the fist seals, the phantom of a War God roared, carrying a will to shatter all formations and sweep away a thousand armies, as it brazenly crashed into the azure torrent!
Rumble—!
The torrent and the fist seals madly strangled and annihilated each other! An energy storm ravaged the area, tearing bottomless ravines into the earth!
Xiao Ruobai's figure stood as steady as a boulder within the torrent. As he swung his fists, he actually punched through and shattered the monstrous flood!
"Dao Judgment!"
Wang Zhan's eyes turned sharp. Bringing his fingers together like a sword, he pointed outward!
This finger strike seemed slow, yet it contained a terrifying Dao charm of executing punishment on behalf of the heavens and judging the fate of all living beings!
A grayish finger beam, seemingly capable of severing karma and erasing existence, ignored spatial distance and instantly appeared right before Xiao Ruobai's glabella!
This was a taboo art that directly struck the origin of the divine soul and judged the Dao foundation!
"Hmph! My heart is like iron, and my Dao is like vajra. Who can judge me? War God's Will—Indestructible!"
Dark-gold flames burned in Xiao Ruobai's pupils. He actually neither dodged nor evaded. At his glabella, a complex, dark-gold War God mark surfaced, blooming with immortal radiance!
The judgment finger beam struck the mark, emitting a piercing tearing sound, but like snow meeting a blazing sun, it rapidly melted away, failing to shake him in the slightest!
"What?!"
Wang Zhan's expression finally changed! Even the Dao Judgment art was ineffective?
"Take a move from me as well! War God's Nine Steps—Star Shatter!"
Xiao Ruobai's imposing manner was like a rainbow. He took a step out, shattering the void beneath his feet. His figure appeared above Wang Zhan's head like a phantom, and his right foot stomped down viciously with the terrifying immense force to shatter stars!
"Heavenly Guardian!"
In his haste, Wang Zhan crossed his arms to block, his azure runes condensing into a shield!
Thump—!
With a muffled thud, Wang Zhan was stomped down from the sky like a meteor, smashing into the earth and kicking up a sky full of dust!
Before he could even get up, Xiao Ruobai pressed his advantage, his figure chasing down like lightning as his fists bombarded down like a violent storm!
Buzz!
From within the deep crater, a majestic azure vitality erupted like a geyser, instantly dispersing the dust!
Wang Zhan's figure twisted at an inconceivable angle. He fiercely slapped the ground with a single palm, and his body shot backward close to the ground as if weightless, trying to avoid Xiao Ruobai's fists!
However, Xiao Ruobai's speed was simply too fast. In his haste, Wang Zhan could only forcefully block.
"You think I'm afraid of you!"
Wang Zhan's voice was hoarse. Wiping away his blood, his vitality boiled once more. He actually took the initiative to disperse the majestic qi force lingering around his body, pulling all his power to the extreme inwards and compressing it back into every inch of flesh and blood in his body!
The two completely abandoned their long-range divine ability bombardments and engaged in the most perilous and tragic close-quarters physical combat!
Heavenly Holy Blood and War God's Blood continuously splattered across the vast sky! The sounds of bone shattering, flesh colliding, and angry roars rang out endlessly!
Every clash was like two immemorial divine mountains colliding, causing swaths of space to collapse!
The two fought from the sky down to the ground; wherever they passed, everything was reduced to fine powder!
Everyone held their breath. The brutality and brilliance of this battle had already exceeded their imaginations!
This was the most extreme showdown of constitution, will, and divine abilities!
Finally, after an unflashy, all-out exchange of fists!
Crack!
A clear sound of bone fracturing rang out!
Wang Zhan staggered backwards, his entire right arm showing an unnatural twist, his face deathly pale!
Xiao Ruobai was similarly sent flying backwards, but he forcefully twisted his body in mid-air. His dark-gold eyes still burned with the unyielding fires of war as he stared dead at Wang Zhan!
Xiao Ruobai's War God Body had demonstrated superior toughness and recovery power in the brutal melee!
Looking at his twisted arm and then at Xiao Ruobai, whose battle intent was even stronger, Wang Zhan's eyes revealed an expression other than disbelief for the first time—it was a trace of bewilderment, and the premonition of defeat.
No! He could not be defeated!
He was the Heavenly Azure Holy Body, an existence destined to stand at the absolute pinnacle of this era!
How could he lose to someone whose cultivation realm was lower than his own?!
"Ahhhhhh—!"
An extreme sense of humiliation and unwillingness, mixed with monstrous killing intent, erupted from the bottom of Wang Zhan's heart like a volcano!
He abruptly roared at the sky, the Heavenly Rune on his forehead suddenly bursting with blindingly radiant light!
At the same time, the majestic spiritual energy belonging to the peak of the King Realm within his body surged and roared without reservation. It merged with his Heavenly Holy Blood, transforming into tangible pressure that crushed toward Xiao Ruobai like the vast firmament!
This was pure realm suppression!
The chasm between their realms became prominent at this moment! A peak King Realm expert's control over the world's spiritual energy and mobilization of their own power was far beyond what the Celestial Realm could compare to.
Every ounce of Wang Zhan's strength seemed to receive the blessing of heaven and earth, becoming vast, majestic, and possessing boundless endurance!
"Battle Asura! You forced me to do this!"
Wang Zhan's voice was hoarse, carrying an almost maddening decisiveness. "Today, I will let you witness the true power of a Holy Body's phenomenon under an absolute realm advantage!"
Rumble—!!!
The world changed color! The winds and clouds rolled backward! Receiving the full support of his peak King Realm spiritual energy, the Heavenly Phenomenon behind Wang Zhan condensed and expanded at an unprecedented speed, becoming even more solid and terrifying!
The Nine Heavens Palace suppresses the world!
That domain power, which suppressed all creations and caused the laws to solidify, grew stronger by far more than just several times!
"You have forced me to manifest the complete phenomenon of my Holy Body and unleash the full power of my King Realm cultivation. Battle Asura, what will you use to withstand this?"
Wang Zhan's voice rang out like a heavenly decree.
"Suppress!"
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e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
