In that moment, he cast the Demon Ancestor's dignity beyond the Nine Heavens.
"Enough!"
An instant before Niu Ben's fist struck his face, Luohou let out a long sigh. His imposing aura vanished without a trace. The Devil Dao world suspended in the air shattered like a bubble, and the Twelve-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus dimmed, shrinking back to the size of an ordinary Lotus Throne.
"Kid, you win."
A trace of helplessness and resentment edged Luohou's voice. "It seems this incarnation of mine can do nothing to you today."
Niu Ben's fist stopped half an inch from Luohou's nose.
The furious wind from the punch whipped Luohou's long hair into disarray, but he did not even blink.
The entire Zixiao Palace fell deathly silent.
Niu Ben slowly withdrew his fist, but his brow furrowed.
An incarnation?
What did he just say?
"You're saying... this is only an incarnation of yours?" Niu Ben stared at Luohou, enunciating every word.
Luohou's mouth twitched into an unreadable smile. "What? Surprised? If I were here in my true body, do you think those paltry tricks of yours could have hurt me?"
Boom!
Those words shook everyone present more than the heaven-destroying battle the two had just fought.
"W-what?!"
Outside the palace gates, Zhunti stumbled and nearly dropped to his knees again. He pointed at Luohou, his voice trembling. "An incarnation? H-how is that possible? One incarnation has the strength of the Heavenly Dao Realm? Then how powerful must his true body be?"
Every trace of color drained from Jieyin's face. He finally understood that he had been wrong from the start. Luohou was never someone they could scheme against. The Demon Ancestor was still the Demon Ancestor who could contend with the Dao Ancestor!
Di Jun and Emperor Taiyi felt as though they had