The Smog's Demon Flag's Arrival of Calamity!

Demon Flag Mountain.

The wind whistled past his ears.

The trees blurred into a streak of green as he sped past.

Lei Wen pushed his speed to the absolute limit.

The physical stats of a Ninth Rank Warrior exploded, each stride covering dozens of meters.

He leaped across the treetops, agile as a monkey yet fierce as a leopard.

The closer he drew to the battlefield, the heavier the air pressure became.

It was not gravity.

It was a form of mental oppression.

It felt as if the air had turned viscous, making every breath a laborious effort.

This was the prestige of a Saint Domain.

He had yet to even enter the core zone.

The mere aura radiating from it was enough to make a Ninth Rank Warrior feel uncomfortable.

Truly powerful.

Lei Wen could feel his blood circulating at an accelerated pace, his heart pounding violently against his chest.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

It was not fear.

It was excitement.

Ever since he had transmigrated, he had been cultivating steadily in the department.

Even after entering Demon Flag Mountain, he had not encountered any setbacks.

Such a life was peaceful, but it was also eroding his fighting spirit.

He needed stimulation.

The feeling of dancing on the edge of a blade made the adrenaline in Lei Wen's veins surge.

Soon.

The view ahead suddenly opened up.

The dense forest abruptly ended at this point.

In its place was a desolate, ruined wasteland.

It had been flattened by raw, overwhelming power.

Lei Wen stopped atop a massive Red Thorn Tree, concealing his aura entirely and blending into the environment like a chameleon.

He dared not get too close.

He was still two or three kilometers away from the center of the battlefield.

For a Saint Domain powerhouse, such a distance could be crossed in the blink of an eye.

But for a warrior, this was the safest limit.

Even so, the turbulent air currents sweeping over from the battlefield still made his face sting with pain.

"Roar!"

A deafening, earth-shattering roar exploded.

Lei Wen felt his eardrums ache, his brain buzzing.

He cast his gaze toward the center of the battlefield.

That was... Earth Flood Sky.

A brown giant bear, at least fifty meters tall, stood upright.

It was like a moving mountain.

Every muscle was like a steel cable, knotted and filled with explosive power.

Earth Bear.

Its fur shimmered with a khaki luster; that was the dense, condensed earth-elemental energy.

And opposite it.

Floating in the sky was a giant beast of equal size.

Its entire body was white, with a pair of bone wings on its back, surrounded by purple lightning and cyan wind blades.

White Bone Wings.

Annia stood in that cold, desolate bay, devoid of any emotion, possessing only pure killing intent.

"This is the Saint Domain..."

Lei Wen held his breath, staring fixedly at the scene.

In his pupils, the two figures standing across from each other were reflected.

Without any flashy movements, the Earth Bear slammed its foot down.

Rumble!

The ground for a thousand meters instantly collapsed.

Countless sharp stone pillars, like bamboo shoots in spring, erupted from the earth, piercing the sky.

Each stone pillar radiated a metallic luster, sufficient to easily pierce the defenses of a Tier Nine powerhouse.

Is this magic?

No.

Lei Wen understood clearly.

This was not magic released by chanting incantations.

This was the Earth Bear's ultimate application of earth elements.

It was a part of the earth itself.

As long as it willed it, the earth would obey its command.

"This is power!"

Lei Wen's heart trembled.

It was not about using force, but resonance.

Letting oneself become an extension of the heaven and earth elements, or even becoming the elements themselves.

Facing the earth-shattering assault of stone pillars, the Thunder-Winged White Tiger in the sky did not panic in the slightest.

It flapped its wings once.

Rip!

Space seemed to be torn apart.

Its figure vanished from its original spot in an instant, leaving only a phantom image to be pierced by the stone pillars.

The next second.

A thick, purple bolt of lightning descended from the sky like a heavenly judgment, fiercely striking the top of the rampaging Earth Bear.

The speed was too fast!

So fast that Lei Wen's dynamic vision could only barely capture a trace.

If he were the one facing this strike, he feared he would be reduced to charcoal before he even had time to react.

This is the gap.

A gap that makes one despair, yet also makes one yearn.

The Earth Bear could not dodge.

A heavy, earthy-yellow light shield shimmered on its body, as if it had donned a suit of earth armor.

Boom!

The lightning struck the light shield, exploding into a sky full of electric snakes.

The light shield shook violently, but in the end, it did not shatter.

The Earth Bear let out a roar, and its massive bear paw swiped out fiercely, actually tearing through the air to create a terrifying wave of air.

Wherever the air wave passed, space twisted.

The previously untraceable Thunder-Winged White Tiger was actually forced out by this formless power.

"Force over technique..."

Lei Wen muttered to himself.

He understood.

The Earth Bear's slap, while seemingly heavy, actually contained a profound realm.

It did not have the speed to chase the white tiger, but instead directly sealed the space, using pure power to crush all technique.

One force to conquer ten thousand.

Luo Ye is the tyranny of the Earth element.

In Lei Wen's mind, it was as if a bolt of lightning had flashed across.

He had always pursued a balance between speed and power, attempting to make every single movement perfect.

But this pursuit of perfection had, instead, become a shackle.

Sometimes, the extreme simplicity is the strongest.

He looked at his own hands.

What would be the effect if the power of Nine Peaks were to erupt at a single point in an instant?

What if he no longer obsessed over the variations of techniques, but instead fused all his essence, energy, and spirit into one single strike?

On the battlefield.

Two Sacred Beast unleashed their true power.

White Bone Wings no longer probed.

Light and wind intertwined around its body, transforming it into a massive meat grinder as it charged downward.

Earth Bear was not to be outdone, stomping the ground as the earth surged, transforming into a massive stone dragon that collided with it.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The explosions were incessant.

Violent shockwaves swept in all directions.

Even miles away, the forest where Lei Wen stood was uprooted.

He tumbled in the air several times, and when he landed, his feet carved two deep trenches into the ground before he could barely steady his body.

Dust filled the air.

But his eyes were terrifyingly bright.

"So that's how it is..."

"Intent is not some ethereal, intangible thing."

"Intent is the crystallization of will!"

"If I want to kill you, heaven and earth must tremble for me; that is intent!"

Lei Wen felt that the window paper that had always blocked him had finally been pierced through.

And the light from the outside was gradually seeping in.

Luo Ye felt it, and it was exhilarating.

He stared at the battle in the distance that was destroying the world, no longer just observing.

Instead, he was simulating it in his heart.

He projected himself into the battlefield.

If I were Earth Bear, how should I handle that strike?

If I were White Bone Wings, how should I dodge that?

He deduced it over and over in his mind.

One death after another, one rebirth after another.

Every second, his understanding of power underwent a heaven-shaking transformation.

I do not know how much time passed.

The commotion at the heart of the battlefield lessened slightly.

The two Sacred Beast seemed to have exhausted themselves, or perhaps they had sustained heavy injuries.

On Earth Bear's body, there were several deep, bone-visible wounds, blood flowing profusely.

One of White Bone Wings' wings was also broken, its feathers charred black.

It was an opportunity.

A thought that had reached the extreme suddenly popped into Lei Wen's head.

Since they are mortal enemies.

Since both are heavily injured.

Then, could it be...

Both sides are exhausted?

Or perhaps, both are so severely injured that they cannot even move?

If that were the case...

Lei Wen licked his dry lips, a thread of greedy cold light flashing in the depths of his eyes.

Sacred Beast Smog Core.

That is the source of their power.

If he could pick up the scraps...