Don't come any closer

Isn't this the guy who lost to Senior Brother? Why is he here, and why is he looking for me?

Fatty Wang looked at Wang Zhan's sharp gaze, secretly wondering in his heart.

Could it be that losing to Senior Brother made him upset, and now he wants to take it out on me? Perfect timing—I just finished making my Nine Heavens Thunder Ruling Talisman and need someone to test it on.

Before Fatty could speak, Wang Zhan's voice rang out.

Where is Battle Asura?

So he's looking for Senior Brother. Hearing Wang Zhan's words, Fatty Wang understood.

Looks like he lost to Senior Brother last time, and now that his cultivation has improved, he wants to find Senior Brother for another fight to restore his pride.

Thinking this, Fatty Wang said with a sly grin, "You're looking for Battle Asura? What, is your ass itchy again? Want another beating?"

As soon as these words left his mouth, dark clouds gathered on Wang Zhan's face. What the hell does he mean, "ass itchy"? I'm a proud celestial talent, and he makes my battle sound so disgraceful.

"You're asking for death!"

Wang Zhan's cultivation suddenly erupted, his green-blue aura surging into the sky, a murderous intent locking firmly onto Fatty Wang.

"Hmph, since I can't find Battle Asura, I don't mind collecting some interest from you first."

Feeling the overwhelming, terrifying pressure and icy killing intent, the smile on Fatty Wang's face froze instantly.

He only had a mere Heavenly Realm cultivation. Going up against Wang Zhan, who was at the peak of the King Realm, was still tough.

"You, you you you... don't come any closer!"

Fatty Wang scrambled backward in panic, his voice trembling with a pleading tone as he shouted with false bravado.

"I'm warning you! I'm really strong! When I lose my mind, even I'm scared of myself!

I've got lots of talismans! Don't push me!"

As he spoke, he frantically fumbled around his body, pulling out several crumpled, dim-spirited low-grade talismans.

He held them up like protective charms in front of his chest, his movements absurd and comical.

At this moment, the cultivators watching from a distance saw this and shook their heads.

"Ah, scared silly, huh?"

"What's he going to do with those crappy talismans? Wang Zhan's a peak King Realm unparalleled genius. No way he's backing down because of those."

"This fatty is in for it now. He'll be lucky to get out alive."

Seeing this, Wang Zhan let out a cold laugh.

"You think those trashy talismans are enough to scare me? Ridiculous."

Before he finished speaking, Wang Zhan lost all patience. With a flicker of movement, he charged straight at Fatty Wang, moving so fast that no one could react.

Just as Wang Zhan was less than thirty yards away, about to deliver a casual blow to teach Fatty Wang a harsh lesson—

Suddenly, something unexpected happened!

The Fatty Wang, who had been trembling in fear with a pale face just moments ago, suddenly flashed a gleam of cunning in his small eyes!

"Heh, pushing me? Don't blame me for fighting dirty!"

There was no trace of fear left on his face.

Instead, it had been replaced by a look of extreme excitement, mixed with the mischievous grin of someone whose prank had just worked.

"Watch the talismans!"

Fatty Wang's pudgy hand shot upward!

His movement was as fast as lightning!

"Swish, swish, swish!"

More than ten talismans flew out from Fatty Wang's hand all at once.

These talismans were no longer the low-grade ones he had shown earlier; they were far more powerful.

The talismans activated instantly, whizzing through the air in a blur of sparks and lightning, hurtling straight toward Wang Zhan's face.

"Ha! Trying to stop me with mere talismans? What a joke."

Wang Zhan paused briefly, throwing a punch that sent the torrent of talismans scattering into pieces, exploding with a series of crackling booms.

Although the talismans Fatty Wang had shot out were powerful, they were still nothing in the face of a peak King Realm cultivator like him.

But blocking Wang Zhan for just a moment—that was enough.

Right now!

Fatty Wang suddenly produced three talismans radiating a mystical aura: the Divine Dragon Binding Talismans.

"Bind!"

Wang Zhan, who had just shattered the other talismans, glanced at the three incoming ones and still didn't take them seriously.

He casually swept his palm: "Disperse!"

The moment his palm-force hit the talismans, instead of exploding, their surfaces transformed into a patch of gray mysterious light, instantly enveloping Wang Zhan tightly!

Then came the second and third. Layer after layer of gray light wrapped around Wang Zhan.

"Damn! What kind of talisman is this?"

Wang Zhan's expression changed. He tried to muster his strength but found his surroundings as sticky as a swamp. Even lifting his arm became unbearably sluggish.

The gray mysterious light seemed alive, coiling and shrinking, faintly emitting a low dragon-like roar, pinning him rigidly in place.

Fatty Wang finally breathed a sigh of relief. Standing at a distance, he patted his chest.

"I spent ages crafting these Divine Dragon Binding Talismans. Even a Saint can be trapped for a moment, let alone someone who hasn't broken through to Sainthood yet."

It was all because Wang Zhan was too arrogant, thinking Fatty Wang wasn't worth worrying about. If he had just dodged the talismans from the start, he wouldn't have been trapped so easily.

The look of disdain on Wang Zhan's face froze instantly, replaced first by a trace of shock, then erupting into blazing fury!

"Bastard! You tricked me!"

He never imagined that Fatty Wang's fear earlier had all been an act!

The goal was to make him let down his guard, and the real move was to trap him.

"But do you think trapping me is enough to save you?"

"Break for me!"

His vast aura erupted like a volcano. Mysterious Dao principles turned into solid green ripples, pulsating outward.

The gray glow formed by the Binding Talismans was stretched out of shape, letting out strained cracking sounds.

Fatty Wang's eye twitched.

No way. Is he that strong? These can trap a Saint for a little while, can't they?

Can't wait any longer.

Without delay, he channeled his spirit force at his fingertips, and the Nine Heavens Thunder Ruling Talisman dissolved into a purple streak of light, swiftly vanishing into the gray barrier that was already starting to crack.

Fatty Wang wasn't satisfied, so he took out three more.

"Take this!"

At almost the same moment, Wang Zhan let out an enraged roar from within the barrier. His green-blue aura shot into the sky, and the Divine Dragon Binding Talismans' restraint exploded with a thunderous crash.

But before he could lock his sight on Fatty Wang, a terrifying, hair-raising aura of destruction descended upon him from above.

Dazzling lightning struck down with pinpoint accuracy amid the chaos of the talismanic effects!

Four Nine Heavens Thunder Ruling Talismans exploded right above Wang Zhan's head.

A flash of lightning as thick as a barrel and purple-gold in color slammed down, carrying a devastating power that seemed to burn away all things and vanquish every evil, hitting Wang Zhan square and solidly!

"Boom..."

An ear-shattering sound echoed through the valley!

The blinding lightning turned the entire valley a harsh white!

The terrifying thunder energy rampaged wildly, blasting blackened craters into the ground.

"Ah..."

Wang Zhan let out a muffled groan. The lightning savagely struck his body.

Although his formidable Heavenly Blue Saint Body barely withstood the thunder strike, he still suffered severe injuries.

The violent lightning energy pierced his defenses, burrowed into his body, and blasted his internal organs into shreds.

"Cough, cough..."

Wang Zhan couldn't help spitting out a mouthful of blood, mixed with fragments of his organs.