At this moment, Yun Potian's mind roared. He was shocked and furious, countless thoughts crashing through his head.
He simply could not imagine how Lu Chen had reached such a level!
But he knew that if he did not kill Lu Chen today, he might never get another chance!
This was a Peerless Prodigy!
Before the Yang Realm had been unsealed, Lu Chen had managed to grope his way to this point alone. It was simply unprecedented, unrivaled through the ages!
He was even more formidable than those ruthless figures of old!
"Good, good, good!"
Yun Potian said "good" three times in succession. His gaze was icy as he said, "You actually hid yourself so deeply. But let me tell you, the might of a Divine King cannot be challenged!"
Boom!
His body abruptly swelled, divine light rolling around him as though he had been inflated. In the blink of an eye, he grew as massive as a mountain, thousands of meters tall. Countless rays of golden light burst from his body, divine might erupting as he stretched out two enormous golden palms and violently slapped them toward Lu Chen.
The momentum shook heaven and earth, thunderous booms resounding.
The force itself caused the void to solidify!
He intended to swat Lu Chen to death like a mosquito!
Without hesitation, Lu Chen unleashed his Level 2 Sacred Domain. Incomparably dazzling divine light rose around his entire body like a thick golden shield, impervious to all methods.
Meanwhile, he swung his fist and viciously smashed it toward Yun Potian.
Crack!
Yun Potian's palms struck Lu Chen's body first, producing a deafening roar.
His powerful Divine King force landed on the golden shield as if he had struck a divine iron pea. His palms stung from the impact, his power fell into disorder, and his face filled with shock.
His full-force strike had actually failed to break Lu Chen's defense!
How could he not be shocked by such a sight?
Rumble!
At the same time, Lu Chen's incomparably violent fist finally smashed toward Yun Potian. The terrifying, dazzling fist light resembled a burning meteor, containing innumerable sword intents and killing intents, dense and boundless.
Yun Potian roared. At nearly the same instant, countless rays of golden light emerged over his body as well. Streams of laws flowed across them, densely woven into a sturdy defense.
Yet it was all useless.
Lu Chen's fist crushed everything in its path like rotting wood, like the fist of the Heavenly Dao.
Boom!
Everything within thousands of miles trembled violently under the tremendous impact. A deafening sound rang between heaven and earth, as though the sun had smashed into this world. Who knew how many Divine Mountains were shattered and snapped beneath that punch.
Even places thousands of miles away were lightly affected.
The terrifying sound threw the blood and qi of those outside into disorder, making them groan miserably on the spot.
Li Wangshu, Miao Wu Fa, Miao Xuanji, Dugu Wudi, and the others each spat out blood. Scarlet blood seeped from their ears as shock and horror filled them, and they hurriedly retreated farther away without regard for anything else.
They had been standing outside the circle of light.
Outside the circle of light, there were still powerful restrictions and laws.
Yet even those restrictions and laws had failed to completely weaken that force.
This was simply terrifying!
From afar, they saw waves of energy rippling through the depths of the purple circle like water.
Bang!
Then a figure came smashing toward the outside of the circle at lightning speed. Only after crashing into a Divine Mountain did he finally stop with a thunderous boom.
The Divine Mountain collapsed, and the figure fell to the ground, vomiting blood in great mouthfuls.
Yun Potian was shocked and horrified. He climbed to his feet, endless fury filling his eyes.
He had been sent flying by a single punch?
He was a dignified Divine King, yet he had been blasted away by one punch?
How was that possible?
In another direction.
Sword Marquis, who had just charged out of the ruins again, was utterly aghast. He stared toward Lu Chen in disbelief.
Even Yun Potian was no match for Lu Chen?
He had been sent flying by Lu Chen's punch?
Sword Marquis felt as though he were dreaming.
Whoosh!
Lu Chen abruptly turned his head and looked toward Sword Marquis again. He said coldly, "Do you remember what I just said? I said I would make you regret it!"
Boom!
Lu Chen's body abruptly vanished, so fast it was unbelievable, as he charged at Sword Marquis once more.
Every hair on Sword Marquis's body stood on end.
At this moment, time simply did not allow him to think any further.
Within one-thousandth of a second, he completed a powerful forbidden art. He raised both hands and roared, "Heavenly Dao Reincarnation Slash!"
This was an ultimate art even more terrifying than the Six Paths Reincarnation Slash!
The Heavenly Dao Reincarnation Slash borrowed the power of the Heavenly Dao to form absolute suppression over all things, crushing them completely. It contained boundless Heavenly Dao might.
Yet no matter what slash he used, Lu Chen still had only one punch.
This punch fused countless profound truths of Martial Dao.
It contained both the Great Sun Qiankun Sword Qi and Star Sword Qi, as well as the Space-Time Power of the Time Swordmaster.
"Still daring to spout nonsense!"
Lu Chen roared and smashed his fist forward.
The entire heaven and earth nearly exploded.
Sword Marquis's heart clenched again. He sensed an extremely terrifying aura, and his scalp instantly went numb.
He could not block it!
He still could not block it!
Terror rose in his heart, and he nearly lost his mind.
What opportunity had Lu Chen obtained? Lu Chen had completely left him behind!
Such an attack was peerless beneath heaven; he was no match for it at all!
Though he wanted to dodge, he could not do so at this moment. He could only grit his teeth and roar wildly, slashing the sword light in his hand viciously toward Lu Chen as if staking his life on it.
Boom!!
In the next instant, the two attacks collided once more, erupting with incomparably brilliant and blinding light. Intense and terrifying divine radiance illuminated thousands of miles around them.
Amid the enormous roar, the sword light Sword Marquis had slashed out exploded and evaporated at first contact. Lu Chen's incomparably violent fist, carrying unmatched force, rapidly enlarged in his pupils as it smashed viciously toward his left cheek.
Bang!
The sound was sickening, blood mist exploding outward.
Amid waves of miserable screams, Divine King blood scattered across the sky.
Sword Marquis's body was sent flying violently backward again. Half his cheek exploded apart, along with half his skull. Red and white matter flew everywhere.
But he possessed Divine King-level combat strength, and his life force was terrifyingly vigorous. Even with half his brain blown apart, he did not die. His body smashed into the distance like a broken sack.
Rumble!
Suddenly, without even thinking, Lu Chen expanded his Level 2 Sacred Domain again. Like a dazzling turtle shell, it blocked a streak of black light that had struck from behind.
That black light still failed to break through his Level 2 Sacred Domain after colliding with it, but it seemed to possess a corrupting energy.
The instant it struck, Lu Chen's Level 2 Sacred Domain rapidly began to turn black, giving off waves of filthy, chilling aura, as though it had been stained with ink.
Yun Potian had attacked again!
It was a pitch-black awl. Its surface contained countless filthy and sinister forces, specifically capable of piercing the protective divine power of Divine Kings. Even a Divine King of the same level would suffer grievous injuries if caught off guard by it.
Yet this awl still could not do anything to Lu Chen.
Yun Potian was thoroughly terrified. Without another thought, he transformed into a streak of light and shot into the sky, attempting to leave this world entirely. At the same time, he waved his hand, and the Jade Boat in the sky abruptly expanded. Like a mountain, it crashed down toward Lu Chen below, intending to block Lu Chen's pursuit and create trouble for him.
But Lu Chen's eyes were cold. He did not pause in the slightest as his body shot into the heavens.
Whoosh!
Golden sword light flew from his waist again, containing unimaginable laws and divine power. It represented the ultimate destruction in the world as it instantly swept through the center of the Jade Boat.
Crack!
The entire Jade Boat split apart down the middle, its cut smooth and even. In an instant, it lost all divine might and fell from the sky like scrap metal.
With this single sword strike, every trace of divine charm and every law within the Jade Boat was completely erased.
Even after cleaving through the Jade Boat, the terrifying sword light did not slow. As if alive, it continued pursuing Yun Potian at extreme speed, as though it would never rest until it caught him.
Yun Potian revealed a terrified expression, his soul nearly flying out of his body.
At this moment, where was the bearing of a supreme Divine King?
He was simply like a stray dog!
How many years had it been?
How many years had it been since he had been so miserable?
The last time had been countless years ago, before this world suffered its calamity.
Yet now, he was being dragged back to the ancient era, returned to the days when he had been weak.
His mindset shattered.
"No!"
Yun Potian screamed, countless rays of light bursting from his body.
One Divine King Forbidden Artifact after another fell downward as though they cost nothing, densely packed and rumbling as they struck at the golden sword qi, attempting to stop it.
The dazzling golden sword qi was indeed forcibly ground away by the chaotic attacks.
But Lu Chen's body, wreathed in blinding golden light, suddenly charged out from the dense forbidden artifacts. Another peerless sword light swept through Yun Potian's body.
Yun Potian dodged and evaded desperately, but he was still sliced through, losing half his body.
With a splatter, blood filled the sky.
His right arm, right shoulder, right abdomen, and right leg fell down at once.
An incomparably miserable scream also came from his mouth. Lu Chen's punch struck him in the face, and he crashed toward the ground as though in free fall.
With a boom, he smashed into the earth again. Pain beyond endurance wracked him as he wailed.
At this moment, he could not even reconstruct his body.
That was because the severed body contained incomparably terrifying power that hindered his healing and reconstruction. The half that had been cut away seemed as though it would never return.
Even growing a new body was incomparably difficult.
In another direction.
Sword Marquis, with half his skull and face destroyed, fled toward the sky in terror without regard for anything else.
At this moment, he nearly wanted to cry.
Yun Potian's fate filled him with despair and drove him to collapse.
His Dao heart had been trampled into mush!
From this day onward, Lu Chen would become his eternal psychological shadow.
"Lu Chen, spare my life! I will no longer be your enemy. From now on, whatever you say goes. Wherever you are, I am willing to take the initiative to retreat three paces. I am willing to listen to anything you say. Please spare me..."
Sword Marquis wailed miserably without regard for anything else.
His dignity, his proud bones...
All his composure was crushed to pieces at this moment.
If anyone saw this scene, they would absolutely not dare believe it.
Was this still that supreme legendary genius?
Yet Lu Chen ignored him completely. His body shot forward, carrying incomparably terrifying force as he sped toward Sword Marquis. His fist radiated brilliant, dreadful light like a terrifying meteor.
"Spare your life? I'm afraid you would not spare mine!"
Lu Chen's voice was icy, his fist light unmatched.
Boom!
Despite Sword Marquis's desperate resistance, the punch smashed directly into his chest. While still in midair, it blasted apart and pierced through his entire chest as though struck by a cannonball, leaving it open from front to back. His organs and bones all shattered.
Sword Marquis's face twisted in pain. Like a dead dog, his body fell from the sky and crashed to the ground with a bang. His hair was disheveled, his body drenched in blood as he wailed in agony.
His face was covered in tears. He sobbed as he crawled across the ground like a beggar, screaming in terror.
"Spare me, please spare me! I don't want to die, I really don't want to die! Sob, sob, sob... Lu Chen, I beg you, I'm willing to do anything. Don't kill me..."
Splat!
A large hand reached out from behind.
It seized his hair. Lu Chen's expression was indifferent, his tall body like a lofty war god. "Sword Marquis, didn't you want to submit to me? I will grant your wish. I will make you my most loyal servant."
Sword Marquis's face was streaked with tears. He turned back, incomparably excited.
"You won't kill me? You really won't kill me?"
Bang!
Lu Chen punched his head. Extreme force completely blew apart the other half of his skull, and the powerful force ground away every trace of life within him.
...Merit Points +500,000!
"Not kill you? That is impossible!"
Lu Chen's voice was indifferent.
Only after you die can I rest easy making you my servant.
Suddenly, his heart tightened. He abruptly turned around and looked toward Yun Potian.
Yun Potian had only half a body left, yet he had directly abandoned his flesh and let his soul leave his body, attempting to flee straight into the Netherworld.
His soul was already about to reach the Netherworld.
With the strength of someone like him, once he returned to the Netherworld, he could soon cultivate another body.
"Come back!"
Lu Chen shouted softly, activating the Lord of the Netherworld's talent, specifically to control souls.
Seeing Yun Potian about to enter the Netherworld, his soul was unexpectedly forced back again under the interference of the Lord of the Netherworld.
Yun Potian's face immediately filled with terror and despair.
"No, don't!"
His soul cried out, sending a message toward the Netherworld ahead at all costs, trying to get his fellow cultivators in the Netherworld to save him.
But it was utterly useless.
Under the Lord of the Netherworld's interference, his soul rapidly returned.
A cold gleam flashed through Lu Chen's eyes. He had already unleashed the Great Sun Qiankun Sword Art, carrying the blazing power of the crimson sun as it viciously cleaved toward Yun Potian's soul.
Splat!
Boom!
Yun Potian's soul immediately burst into raging flames.
Burned by the Solar True Fire, it let out shrill screams. Like a block of ice, it rapidly melted away, billowing with thick green smoke...
"I refuse to accept this, I refuse to accept this..."
Bang!
His soul completely dissipated.
...Merit Points +500,000!
Another line of text emerged.
Lu Chen let out a soft breath.
Comfortable!
This was truly an unprecedented feeling of relief!
True God Seventh Layer, coupled with Tenfold Combat Power, had brought earth-shaking changes to his strength.
No one in the entire Netherworld would likely dare believe any of this.
"Besides gaining one million Merit Points myself, the most crucial thing is that I now have two loyal Divine King servants!"
Lu Chen's eyes flickered as he waved his hand.
"Come out!"
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Two figures appeared before him without warning.
Yun Potian and Sword Marquis, who had just died, appeared once more.
"Greetings, my Lord!"
The two spoke respectfully.
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