Beware of Zhenxuan King

Marquis Huanqiong was still in shock.

He could imagine that Jiang Yao must have a way to save his life, whether it was some kind of secret technique or a precious treasure. Even if the disciple of the Chaos City Lord was still in a weak growth stage, he was definitely not someone that an ordinary Immortal God could kill.

But a direct confrontation?

This was completely beyond Marquis Huanqiong's imagination. Domain Lord Ninth Stage directly confronting a powerful expert with the power of a Marquis Immortal, and even being able to injure him, was something that even violated the laws of the universe.

Jiang Yao can unleash power hundreds of times that of a ninth-level World Lord. Coupled with the Space-Time Law attack he just unleashed, his attack power alone is close to that of Marquis Immortal. He can completely threaten the God Lord Jinlun, who has the power of Marquis-level after fusing with the Tiku but has no Law Comprehension of the Marquis-level Law.

Marquis Huanqiong had witnessed and heard of countless geniuses from the Four Peak Races and billions of other races on the Outer-Region Battlefield. There were indeed heaven-defying realm lords who could kill Immortal God, but could Domain Lord Ninth Stage be comparable to a peak Immortal Army Lord?

The God Lord Jinlun seemed to be frightened by the loss of his divine body, and the madness in his eyes faded.

"Wrong!"

Before the God Lord Jinlun could even ponder why Jiang Yao was able to unleash such immense power, he instinctively realized his own problem.

Jiang Yao's sudden release of power ahead of time has driven him into a corner. He wanted to kill the Lingtong Race to vent his anger before fleeing, but he should have realized that things were not going to work after Marquis Huanqiong appeared and left immediately.

Although Marquis Huanqiong could only unleash one-tenth of his strength, his Law Comprehension surpassed his own, and he was particularly adept at the laws of space. There was no way he could do anything to Marquis Huanqiong; if Huan Qionghou delayed him, he would be the one in danger.

At this moment, the God Lord Jinlun's consciousness seemed to suddenly gain the upper hand, keenly sensing that something was amiss.

"Could it be that the consciousness of that Tiku is interfering with me?"

Once his consciousness had slightly returned, the God Lord Jinlun gave Jiang Yao and Marquis Huanqiong a fierce look, then immediately tore through space, revealing a Space Interlayer, and prepared to escape into it.

Realizing that the God Lord Jinlun target, Marquis Huanqiong's tense nerves relaxed.

Although he possessed the "Zhenhuang Mirror" which allowed him to Teleportation, making him unafraid of the God Lord Jinlun escaping, the God Lord Jinlun hadn't truly fought with all his might yet. Once he unleashed his divine power, it would be far beyond what Marquis Huanqiong and Jiang Yao could handle. It was a good thing that the God Lord Jinlun was scared away by Jiang Yao's attack.

Suddenly, Jiang Yao let out a cold snort.

Another bell rang, instantly engulfing this entire space and time.

This is the power of the Life Clock of Zhou, forged through the secret techniques of Years Ages: Time Stop!

According to the descriptions and records in "The Years", the Time Stop of the Life Clock of Zhou in actual combat is three times stronger than the Time Stop Innate Secret Technique of the Huisuo Behemoth.

Of course, even such a heaven-defying secret technique cannot be invincible. The power that Jiang Yao displayed could not freeze the time flow of a Marquis Immortal, but it could delay the God Lord Jinlun for a moment.

Just as the God Lord Jinlun broke free from Jiang Yao's Time Stop, Jiang Yao had already spread out his broad Silver Wings. With a flap of his wings, he transformed into a silver light and flashed in front of him like a ghost.

The God Lord Jinlun Lord's previously regained rationality vanished once more, and a frenzied, bloodthirsty aura suddenly erupted.

"You're asking for it!"

The Lord of Yinhu Island grinned maliciously at Jiang Yao, who was catching up. "Arrogant brat, do you really think I can't do anything to you?"

Boom!

A terrifying aura suddenly erupted from the God Lord Jinlun, his eyes filled with endless killing intent and madness, and a sharp golden blade of light slashed across the sky.

The God Lord Jinlun unleashed his divine power!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Jiang Yao, relying on the Shiwu Wings, dodged the attacks of the God Lord Jinlun time and time again.

Wow!

Jiang Yao's Silver Wings fluttered, and he suddenly flashed to the side of the God Lord Jinlun with lightning speed.

Wings like knives!

As Jiang Yao flew by, the edge of his wings sliced through the body of the God Lord Jinlun as easily as a knife cutting through tofu, cleaving the God Lord Jinlun in two!

"Ah--"

The God Lord Jinlun suddenly threw his head back and let out a painful howl. The excruciating pain, even more intense than when the Tiku merged into his body, almost destroyed his consciousness.

The invisible yet sharp aura of destruction emanating from his wings, mixed with an Annihilation Intent, melted away 10% of his Immortal Divine Body like boiling water melting ice and snow!

Although Jiang Yao can only activate the first form of the Shiwu Wings, his flight is like a ghost, and his blinking movement speed is astonishing, reaching the speed of light in an instant. It can be said that it is second only to his Innate Secret Technique "Fire Fusion".

However, even in its first form, the Shiwu Wings possess powerful attack capabilities, with each attack containing a trace of spatial power.

However, it requires both physical strength and energy to activate the spatial power within the Shiwu Wings.

Therefore, the stronger the user, the greater the power that the Shiwu Wings can unleash.

Driven by the power and energy of Jiang Yao's Zhenhuang Sacred Body after fusing with the Holy Star Stone, and combined with the Annihilation Intent, each cut of the Shiwu Wings could destroy about 10% of the God Lord Jinlun's divine body.

Of course, this is also because the God Lord Jinlun does not have Undying Body. If he were to encounter a genuine Marquis Immortal, it would be unknown whether Jiang Yao's current strength could annihilate even 0.1% of the opponent's divine body with a single attack. After all, there is a qualitative difference between Undying Body and an ordinary Immortal Divine Body.

Before the God Lord Jinlun could recover from the extreme pain, another flash of silver light appeared.

His body was cut up once again.

Then, two screams rang out from the body of the God Lord Jinlun.

One sound was that of the God Lord Jinlun, while the other was extremely shrill and hoarse, making one's soul tremble.

A layer of silver liquid seeped from the body of the God Lord Jinlun, whose aura had greatly diminished, and condensed in mid-air into a silver armor. At the eye area of the helmet, two black flames flickered like candles in the wind, as if a gust of wind could extinguish them.

The silver armor had a huge cut at the waist, making it look like a damaged suit of protective armor.

Meanwhile, as Jiang Yao flickered like a ghost, the God Lord Jinlun, who had been cut apart several times by the Shiwu Wings, was about to be annihilated.

"Spare me! Spare me!"

With less than 50% of his Immortal Divine Body remaining, the God Lord Jinlun urgently communicated with Jiang Yao via telepathy.

"It was Zhenxuan King! Zhenxuan King ordered me to do it!"

Jiang Yao was shocked, but he did not hold back. With terrifying speed, he slashed at the body of the God Lord Jinlun again.

"No! You won't live either!!"

The God Lord Jinlun roared in anger and despair.

"Boom!!!"

The last remaining Immortal Divine Body exploded with a deafening roar!

"Boom!" The universe collapsed, and powerful energy swept across the cosmos like Supernova explosion.

Marquis Huanqiong immediately reminded Jiang Yao, "Let's go!"

He then Teleportation away.

Jiang Yao then folded his wings, and the huge silver wings completely enveloped his entire body.

The violent energy impacted the wings, but the Shiwu Wings blocked more than 90% of the impact, while the remaining impact acted on the Crimson Thunder Grass Armor.

The Crimson Thunder Grass was even more resilient than the Star-Eating Grass. The 500-vine Crimson Thunder Grass at the ninth level of the Realm Lord had an astonishing recovery speed. However, it was also destroyed by the impact, and the remaining negligible impact was completely absorbed by Jiang Yao's "Zhenhuang Sacred Body".

Ding! Ding! Ding!

At the same time, Jiang Yao urgently rang the Life Clock of Zhou in his sea of consciousness.

The remaining energy that was about to reach Lingshen Planet was dissipated by the spacetime ripples formed by the fluctuations of the Law of Time. The remaining power was just like it was eight hundred years ago, blowing away Lingshen Planet's atmosphere once again. However, all life on Lingshen Planet Planetary Level or above, and no one was injured as a result.

With everything settled, Marquis Huanqiong Teleportation to Jiang Yao's side once more, looking at his disciple who was both familiar and unfamiliar, and said with a wry smile, "I still remember 800 years ago, you were just a little guy who had recently entered the Stellar level. I didn't expect you to have surpassed me so quickly."

Marquis Huanqiong was already considered young among the Marquis Immortal, but 800 years was just a period of seclusion for him. Yet the young man before him had already grown from a star-level being to someone who could fight alongside him.

Even though Marquis Huanqiong had already heard about Jiang Yao's reputation as "humanity's number one genius" from the higher-ups of the Xuanshang Branch of the Universe Mercenary Alliance, seeing is believing, and the strength he displayed in actual combat was even more astonishing than the rumors.

Jiang Yao quickly said, "Teacher, you are mainly suffering from a deadly poison. If you can completely neutralize the poison, with your Peak Marquis strength, you could easily destroy even ten God Lord Jinlun."

Jiang Yao's words were by no means flattery towards Marquis Huanqiong. Although the God Lord Jinlun had merged with the Prison Race's life form "Tiku," allowing his divine power to amplify tenfold and reach the Marquis Level, it was merely power. He had no Law Comprehension of Marquis Immortal or Undying Body.

The God Lord Jinlun naturally has an overwhelming advantage when facing Immortal Army Lord, but he would be powerless against any Marquis Immortal. For example, if the Marquis Huanqiong, who was poisoned, had to protect the Lingshen Planet, he would not have been afraid of the God Lord Jinlun at all.

Marquis Huanqiong shook his head. "The profound laws contained in your previous attack actually surpassed mine. My Law Comprehension is only at the level of the Initial Marquis Immortal realm. It is only by relying on the Zhenhuang Undying Body of the 'Zhenhuang Seal' and the 8 times Divine Power Amplification of the 'Zhenhuang Sacred Body' that I have reached the Peak Marquis."

"That's why my combat strength drops so drastically when I can't activate the 'Zhenhuang Sacred Body' and can only use one-tenth of my divine power."

Marquis Huanqiong has always been extremely proud. His ability to rise from Immortal Army Lord to Marquis Immortal in just a few hundred epochs is a rare speed of progress even in the Outer-Region Battlefield. After all, the difficulty for Immortal God to comprehend the laws is far greater than that for a Realm Lord.

"Then I must congratulate you, teacher, on your imminent return to your peak strength." Jiang Yao smiled and used his telekinesis to control the somewhat damaged silver armor, bringing it before Marquis Huanqiong.

Marquis Huanqiong Qionghou was startled and stared intently at Jiang Yao: "You really intend to give me this Tiku?"

The Marquis Huanqiong took Jiang Yao as his disciple and even passed on the <Zhenhuang> inheritance was indeed to cultivate another helper after Jiuyuan's sudden death, so that he could help him seize this treasure from Yinhu Island in the future.

However, since the Genius Tournament began, Jiang Yao's growth rate and current status have completely exceeded Marquis Huanqiong's expectations.

Just now, the God Lord Jinlun was killed by Jiang Yao alone. There is no doubt that the power to deal with Tiku is in Jiang Yao's hands. Even his teacher has to look up to Jiang Yao.

Jiang Yao smiled and said, "I have no way to repay the kindness you have shown me, Teacher. I originally planned to buy the antidote for the 'Shihai Poison' from the Virtual Universe Company's treasury when I had enough wealth in the future. However, since I have obtained the Tiku, which can both cure the poison and enhance your strength, Teacher, why bother buying any antidote?"

The Shihai Poison is so potent that few Immortal God below the King-level, except for the Zerg, can resist it, making it extremely precious. The antidote is even more precious than the Shihai Poison itself; the cheapest antidote Jiang Yao found in the treasure vault cost hundreds of millions of points.

Of course, the value of the Tiku is absolutely worth hundreds of billions of Hunyuan Unit. The limit of the Tiku's amplification of divine power is about 100,000 times the power of a ninth-level World Lord, which means that it has the effect of Combat Power Amplitude of strong people below the Peak King-level. Once a Peak King obtains the Tiku, he can immediately become Peak King-level strong person.

However, although the Tiku is a priceless treasure, it is absolutely not as valuable to Jiang Yao as the kindness of Marquis Huanqiong in imparting his teachings.

Regardless of Marquis Huanqiong Hou's motives for accepting Jiang Yao as a disciple, the value of the <Zhenhuang> inheritance alone far surpasses that of Tiku.

Without the "Zhenhuang Sacred Body" at the third level, which grants eight times the physical Strength Amplitude, Jiang Yao, even after fusing with the Holy Star Stone, would only possess the basic strength of World Lord War General, approximately 60 times the strength of a ninth-level World Lord. Even with his Marquis Level Law Comprehension and the Shiwu Wings, he would absolutely be unable to contend with or even kill the God Lord Jinlun.

Not to mention that it was under the protection of Marquis Huanqiong that the Lingtong Race was able to survive, and Jiang Yao was able to have a stable cultivation environment, allowing him to participate in the God Kingdom Trial and the Genius Tournament.

Marquis Huanqiong Hou laughed and said, "Good! The luckiest and wisest decision I've ever made in my life is to take you as my disciple. Then I'll accept this 'Tiku.' You can ask for this treasure anytime you need it."

After Marquis Huanqiong Hou put Tiku into the World Ring, his expression turned solemn. "Although what the God Lord Jinlun said before his death may not be true, you must be wary of Zhenxuan King. The God Lord Jinlun's crazy actions this time may be because he was unable to completely erase Tiku's consciousness and merged with it, but we cannot rule out Zhenxuan King's suspicion. He has extremely high attainments in the Soul Path."

Seeing Jiang Yao's thoughtful expression, Marquis Huanqiong shook his head slightly. "I have seen many powerful individuals who are proficient in the Soul Path in the Outer-Region Battlefield. The Soul Path is not just about enslavement; it can also produce more subtle and profound influences."

Jiang Yao nodded, his expression cold and stern. "Zhenxuan King is the culprit behind Teacher Jiuyuan's downfall. He even threatened me because of the Inheritance Token I obtained in the Trial God Kingdom. With such a deep grudge, it's probably difficult for us to settle things peacefully. However, he is King-level Immortal from the Giant Axe Coliseum and comes from a top-tier race like the Talun Race. Even though I am the Inspector Envoy of the Xuanshang Universe Country, I can't do anything to him. Don't worry, Teacher, I will be careful."

Marquis Huanqiong Hou laughed heartily, "You don't need to worry too much. You are the personal disciple of the Chaos City Lord and the number one genius of our Human Race. Not to mention a Zhenxuan King, even the Universe Venerable of the Talun Race will have to show you respect. However, if you ever find an opportunity to make a move against that Zhenxuan King, don't forget to call me."

"Although my Law Comprehension has not yet reached the level of King-level, after fusing with the Tiku, the 10x Divine Power Amplification plus the 8x amplification of the Zhenhuang Sacred Body, a total amplification of 80x, is enough to make my attacks reach the level of King-level Immortal. In addition, with the Eye of Zhenhuang, I am absolutely not afraid of the Soul Attack of the Zhenxuan King. This can be considered as my contribution to Jiuyuan."

There will be another chapter at midnight.