A Single Sweep of an Eighty-Thousand-Li True Body Sent a Daluo Flying
Qiongqi had only just drawn near.
A terrifying sense of danger surged into its heart.
It reacted with incredible speed.
Almost the instant it sensed the danger, it began to retreat.
This time, however,
Lu Yuan made no attempt to pursue it with his head.
Nor did he try to catch it with his giant fins.
He simply rolled over.
What did it look like when a Grand Void Sky Whale nearly ninety thousand li long rolled its entire body over on the Northern Land?
Qiongqi soon saw it for itself.
Rumble—!
The earth shook violently.
At first, it was only the ground around Lu Yuan.
Then,
the mountains and rivers tens of thousands of li away began to tremble as well.
Layers of rock and soil that had accumulated over who knew how many years slid from Lu Yuan's back, rushing into the distance like torrents of mud and stone.
Towering rocks and peaks crashed down.
Vast banks of clouds were forcibly pushed aside by the terrifying blast of air stirred up as Lu Yuan rolled over.
It was as though a superstorm spanning hundreds of thousands of li had suddenly erupted across the surrounding world!
"What's happening?!"
Far away, a Golden Immortal ferocious beast raised its head in terror.
It had already retreated tens of thousands of li.
Yet even now, it could barely keep its footing.
A gale carrying shattered stones slammed into it.
The ferocious beast had only just raised its protective power when the storm began pushing it steadily backward.
The black-scaled giant python was in an even sorrier state.
Its enormous serpentine body had been coiled in a valley, where it had thought it was already safe enough.
But when Lu Yuan rolled over,
the entire valley began to shake.
"Roar!"
The black-scaled giant python, terrified, immediately rushed out of the valley.
The next second,
the cliff behind it came crashing down!
Broken rocks tumbled past its tail.
The black-scaled giant python looked back and saw it, its entire head going rigid.
"All he did was roll over?"
Its intelligence was sufficient to understand everything happening before its eyes.
And precisely because it understood,
it was all the more shocked.
No Divine Ability.
No Law Technique.
The giant beast had simply rolled its body over, yet it had caused such a terrifying commotion!
The other ferocious beasts watching the battle finally realized what Lu Yuan intended to do.
His enormous size did indeed make movements of individual body parts seem sluggish.
But once his entire body began to move,
how much of an advantage would speed still provide?
Qiongqi had clearly realized it as well.
For the first time, its expression truly changed.
As Lu Yuan rolled over, even the surrounding space grew chaotic under the pressure of his enormous body.
Air currents, Sha Qi, and shattered stones all formed a terrifying torrent.
Naturally, these things could not hurt a Daluo Golden Immortal.
But they could severely impair Qiongqi's ability to judge its surroundings.
More importantly,
once Lu Yuan began moving, his body seemed to be everywhere in the world around it.
His dorsal fin was to the left.
A giant fin was to the right.
Below was his vast, rolling body.
Behind it...
Qiongqi whipped around.
Its face darkened instantly.
A tail!
An unimaginably long, dark-golden giant tail was already sweeping toward it as Lu Yuan rolled over.
Compared to the blow that had sent Heaven-Splitting Hou flying,
this strike covered an even more terrifying area.
That was because Lu Yuan had calculated Qiongqi's approximate position in advance this time.
Qiongqi could move at high speed around Lu Yuan's head.
But if it wanted to attack, it had to stay within a certain distance.
And for Lu Yuan's tail, that distance was
far too close!
"Bastard!"
Qiongqi let out a furious roar.
The Great Luo Law Power within it circulated madly.
It knew it could not dodge.
So it did not bother!
Boom!
Surging, blood-colored Sha light erupted from Qiongqi's body.
An even larger Qiongqi Dharma Form rapidly manifested behind it.
The Dharma Form spread its wings and roared at the sky.
Its ferocious might soared to the heavens!
Qiongqi thrust out both front claws at once.
It prepared to meet Lu Yuan's tail head-on!
When the ferocious beasts in the distance saw this, their hearts nearly stopped.
"Your Excellency is going to take it head-on!"
A Golden Immortal ferocious beast could not help crying out.
The black-scaled giant python's pupils contracted sharply.
It had already seen Heaven-Splitting Hou sent flying.
And now Qiongqi actually intended to take the blow head-on!
But the difference in cultivation between the two sides was entirely different this time.
Qiongqi was a Great Luo!
A true Daluo Golden Immortal!
Perhaps it really could block it?
The thought had only just arisen in the black-scaled giant python's mind
when the two sides collided.
Boom—!
Heaven and earth fell silent.
In that first instant, none of the surrounding ferocious beasts could hear a sound.
All they saw was a ring of spatial ripples, visible to the naked eye, spreading madly outward from Qiongqi's position.
A moment later,
the true crash erupted!
Rumble!
A great number of ferocious beasts were shaken so badly that blood poured from their seven orifices on the spot.
The weaker ones were knocked straight to the ground.
The black-scaled giant python pressed its body tightly against the far side of a mountain, yet the terrifying sound waves still left it dizzy and disoriented.
But it could not spare a thought for its own condition.
Its pair of vertical pupils stared fixedly at the center of the battlefield.
There,
the two giant claws of Qiongqi's Dharma Form had made contact with Lu Yuan's tail.
At first,
it really did stop the blow.
A trace of wild joy even appeared on Qiongqi's face.
"Stop right there!"
It roared at the sky.
Great Luo Law Power poured madly into its Dharma Form.
The void beneath the giant Qiongqi Dharma Form's feet kept shattering, yet it still braced itself firmly against Lu Yuan's tail.
The ferocious beasts in the distance grew excited as well.
"It blocked it!"
"Lord Qiongqi blocked it!"
One ferocious beast trembled all over with excitement.
Heaven-Splitting Hou could not block it.
But Qiongqi, a Daluo, could!
This was the difference between realms!
The black-scaled giant python also raised its head instinctively.
But the excitement on its face lasted only a few breaths.
Qiongqi's Dharma Form began to retreat.
At first, it was only a little.
Then it moved faster and faster.
The space beneath Qiongqi's feet was continuously crushed.
Its once-confident expression gradually turned to shock.
"How could this be..."
Qiongqi clenched its teeth.
"What kind of power is this?!"
It had already pushed its Great Luo Law Power to the limit.
Cracks had even begun to appear in both arms of its Dharma Form.
Yet the force behind Lu Yuan's giant tail showed no sign of noticeably weakening.
Too heavy!
Too big!
At the moment the two sides collided, Qiongqi felt as though what it was blocking was not a tail.
It was more like a continent moving at high speed!
Its Daluo Principles could help it resist.
Its own Law Power was also far stronger than Lu Yuan's.
Yet the most fundamental, most pure difference in mass was absurdly vast.
Lu Yuan's tail continued to sweep forward.
Qiongqi's Dharma Form was pushed back step by step.
A thousand li.
Three thousand li.
Five thousand li!
The shock in Qiongqi's eyes grew more and more intense.
The ferocious beasts in the distance that had been cheering moments ago had all fallen silent.
The black-scaled giant python's mouth slowly fell open.
It watched helplessly as Qiongqi, a Great Luo, was steadily pushed backward by Lu Yuan's tail.
The sight was even more shocking than when the Heaven-Splitting Hou had been sent flying with a single strike.
Because Qiongqi had blocked it!
He had blocked it with all his might!
And still couldn't stop it!
"Just how heavy is this guy's body...?"
The voice of a Golden Immortal ferocious beast trembled.
No one beside him answered.
No one knew.
The next moment.
The Dharma Form behind Qiongqi finally gave way.
Crack!
A massive crack spread across the Dharma Form's arms.
Qiongqi's expression changed drastically.
"Crap!"
Boom!
The Dharma Form's arms shattered.
Immediately afterward, the entire Qiongqi Dharma Form exploded under the impact of the giant tail, scattering Sha light across the sky.
With the Dharma Form no longer there to block it.
Lu Yuan's tail struck Qiongqi's true body squarely.
Bang!
Qiongqi's eyes widened abruptly.
His entire body was instantly deformed.
"Awoo—!"
A piercing roar rang out.
The Great Luo powerhouse who had just overwhelmed heaven and earth with his might turned into a streak of dark red light and vanished from every ferocious beast's sight in an instant.
Ten thousand li.
Thirty thousand li.
Fifty thousand li!
Rumble!
At the distant edge of heaven and earth.
Vast mountain ranges exploded at once.
An enormous cloud of dust slowly rose.
All the ferocious beasts fell silent.
The wind still blew.
Rubble kept falling.
Yet not a single ferocious beast dared make a sound.
The black-scaled giant python remained with his head raised, not moving for a long time.
A Golden Immortal ferocious beast with greater intelligence looked toward where Qiongqi had fallen, then at Lu Yuan, who was slowly drawing back his tail.
His body trembled uncontrollably.
"A Great Luo..."
His throat bobbed, his voice hoarse.
"Even a Great Luo was sent flying..."
The surrounding ferocious beasts all snapped back to their senses when they heard that.
Then.
Rumble!
The ferocious beasts that had stayed nearby to watch fled at once.
Each faster than the last.
None dared stay any longer.
What a joke.
Even Qiongqi, a Great Luo, had been sent flying with one lash of the tail.
What were Golden Immortals and Mysterious Immortals like them still doing here?
If that tail happened to veer just a little.
It wouldn't even need to hit them.
The shockwave alone could kill them!
Lu Yuan paid the fleeing little fellows no attention.
He readjusted his body.
The strike just now had also cost him quite a bit.
But the result was good.
Lu Yuan was also growing increasingly familiar with the advantages of his body.
Size.
Was power in itself.
If he encountered such a fast opponent again, he really didn't need to foolishly chase after them headfirst.
He only needed to control the range of his attacks.
No matter how nimbly Qiongqi flew.
As long as he stayed nearby, there would always be a way to hit him.
Lu Yuan raised his head.
He could sense Qiongqi's presence.
He was still alive.
And he hadn't suffered any truly fatal injuries.
He was a Daluo Golden Immortal, after all.
His body, Law Power, and Principles were all far beyond the Heaven-Splitting Hou's.
That lash of the tail had mostly just sent him flying.
Actually killing Qiongqi was clearly not so easy.
Lu Yuan had no intention of killing him, either.
At least not for now.
He hadn't been in the Primordial World for long.
There were many things he didn't understand.
Though the ferocious beasts before him were short-tempered, they were still a source of information of sorts.
Besides, the thing he cared about most had never been competing with anyone for supremacy.
Resources.
What mattered most was where he could find more resources of higher quality.
Lu Yuan waited patiently for a while.
At last, a disturbance came from the distance again.
Boom!
A collapsed mountain peak suddenly exploded.
Qiongqi burst out of the ruins.
He was clearly in much worse shape now.
A large section of his dark red scales had shattered.
His left wing was visibly twisted.
Blood seeped constantly from the corner of his mouth.
After flying into the sky, Qiongqi didn't charge straight back.
He hovered tens of thousands of li away, staring fixedly at Lu Yuan.
His expression was incomparably complicated.
Shock and anger.
Wariness.
And a trace of astonishment he couldn't suppress at all.
Had he lost?
If they truly fought to the death, the outcome would still be hard to say.
Qiongqi still had many Great Luo methods he hadn't used.
But in that head-on clash just now.
He had indeed lost.
He was a dignified Daluo Golden Immortal.
Yet a giant beast whose cultivation presence was clearly weaker than his had sent him flying head-on with pure physical strength.
If word of this got back to the Beast Emperor Palace...
Qiongqi's expression grew uglier and uglier.
Lu Yuan, however, wasn't thinking about any of that.
Seeing that Qiongqi could still fly back normally, he went straight to the question he cared about most.
"Qiongqi."
Qiongqi's expression darkened, and he didn't answer.
Lu Yuan continued, "You said just now that the entire Northern Land is under Shen Ni's rule, so you should know the resources here well, right?"
Qiongqi frowned slightly.
He hadn't expected Lu Yuan to ask this after their fight.
"What do you want to know?"
"Sha Qi."
Lu Yuan's tone was earnest. "Where nearby is there Sha Qi denser than what was in that earth vein?"
Qiongqi stared at him.
He said nothing for a long time.
Lu Yuan didn't rush him.
After a long while.
Qiongqi finally spoke slowly.
"Is that really all you care about?"
Lu Yuan nodded.
"I need a lot of energy to grow right now. Sha Qi is best."
Qiongqi's gaze flickered slightly.
No one knew what he was thinking.
Lu Yuan waited quietly.
A moment later.
Qiongqi finally uttered three words.
"The Myriad Sha Abyss."