King Qitian's Law Comprehension was just one step away from reaching the Universe Venerable level. Recently, he had felt that he was close to comprehending a complete superior law. If not for Heavy Treasures appearing on a massive scale, he would have stopped setting foot on the battlefield.
The battle for the Heavy Treasures had ended. Watching Wu Yun's terrifying strength, how he had shattered King Zujin's Divine Body in just three exchanges, King Qitian felt the urge to test himself against him.
He longed for a battle, hoping to gain insight from it. Perhaps he could break through his final bottleneck and ascend in a single step to become a Universe Venerable.
"King Black Rod, come down and fight me!" King Qitian called out again, his voice resounding across millions of miles.
Countless King-level fighters circled around them, watching intently. Even the group outside the core battlefield had not left. They had all activated their recording devices, ready to observe the battle.
"If you're looking to lose, I'll oblige." Wu Yun strode through the air. How could he back down at a time like this? Besides, the name King Black Rod could earn him Reputation Points.
All the King-level fighters retreated, clearing a vast battlefield for them. The two were already nearing the strength of a Universe Venerable, powerful enough to reshape the world.
King Qitian was a humanoid creature, but he was certainly not human. His hair was entirely silver, and his eyes held both red and blue. His gaze was sharp.
Behind him were three oddly shaped Heavy Treasure weapons, a set worth as much as a Top-Tier Heavy Treasure. They were part knife, part sword, and utterly strange.
Once all the King-level fighters had moved away from the battlefield, the fight between the two was on the verge of erupting.
There was no sound at all as endless sand and dust appeared silently. It was King Qitian's domain Heavy Treasure, blotting out the sky and suppressing even King-level limit fighters until they could barely move.
The sand and dust stretched for millions of kilometers. Every grain was heavier than an ordinary life-bearing planet. One could only imagine what kind of monstrous mass that represented.
Wu Yun also summoned a domain Heavy Treasure to counter it, then combined it with his Micro-particle Domain. No matter how much sand and dust there was, it couldn't restrain him.
Rumble!
Amid a blizzard of icy dust, the two clashed, weapons in hand.
King Qitian was a warrior, skilled in close combat, but his technique was still far too crude compared with Wu Yun's. At Moonlit Pool, Wu Yun had already honed his skills to a terrifying level.
Every swing of his staff left King Qitian struggling to defend himself. Their strength was clearly about equal, but King Qitian's moves were nowhere near as subtle.
The long staff wasn't even a Heavy Treasure. It had merely been custom-made at a high point cost, yet it still suppressed King Qitian's three Heavy Treasure weapons. Wu Yun's staff was a work of art.
The black-and-gold iron staff carried an endless aura of slaughter, its movements as dreamlike as they were illusory.
Space shattered beneath his staff, countless micro-particles whirling through the air. A scorching storm seemed ready to sweep across the world, while the black staff wove a blood-red ocean that engulfed King Qitian.
"What terrifying power. They can probably truly be called Invincible Kings," King Zujin marveled. "Peak Secret Techniques, Divine Body Amplitude, and all kinds of opportunities—only all that could create beings like them."
"His Peak Secret Technique is somewhat more profound than mine." The more King Qitian watched Wu Yun, the more shocked he became. It was extremely rare for a King-level fighter to reach this level.
Most who reached the King-level limit relied on body-amplitude secret techniques. Others were Special Lifeforms, born with higher genetic levels.
Creating one's own Peak Secret Technique could also bring someone to the King-level limit, but very few managed it. King Qitian himself had only succeeded recently.
Of course, Peak Secret Techniques varied in strength. King Qitian was being suppressed by the subtlety of Wu Yun's technique. He felt that his moves could barely touch his opponent.
The subtlety of Wu Yun's technique was strange, because the level of a secret technique was closely connected to the level of one's skill.
With the same Law Comprehension as someone on the twentieth level of the Heavenly Bridge, one person might have a top-tier secret technique while another had a Peak Secret Technique. Yet Wu Yun's realm in this world had not even reached the twentieth level.
The level of his skills came entirely from his other incarnations. Although they belonged to completely different worlds, skill could carry over to the greatest extent.
Would a cultivator skilled in swordsmanship, staff techniques, or palm techniques really be unable to defeat a lower-level being just because they had entered a different world? Even between Source Worlds, only a Universe God's Dao could carry over.
But in terms of skill, a Chaos Realm cultivator could travel to any Source World and still be more accomplished than a Void True God or an Eternal True God.
"King Qitian is actually being completely suppressed?" Mother Emperor Linyun stared in a daze. King Zujin had been bewildered by an illusion when he fought Wu Yun, leaving him unable to react in time.
She hadn't expected King Qitian to be suppressed even in a direct exchange of moves.
The two quickly fought through more than a dozen exchanges. Wu Yun's staff suddenly grew swift and fierce, countless streaks of blood-red light tearing apart the defenses King Qitian had built.
As the staff came down, King Qitian seemed to see the universe exploding. Countless galaxies burst apart, billions upon billions of living beings lay dead, and even his entire race was wiped out.
The black staff contained an endless sea of stars. It was so terrifying that King Qitian knew what he saw had to be an illusion. Such a display of power was beyond not only a King-Level Immortal, but even a Universe Master.
"What a terrifying illusion." Heavy Treasures guarded the depths of King Qitian's soul, and he also had powerful secret techniques. In only a brief moment, he had already broken free.
Whoosh!
Though he had escaped the illusion, the black staff was real. It smashed apart the left side of King Qitian's body. Had he taken half a second longer to recover, his entire Divine Body would have shattered.
"That was close!" King Qitian cried. But Wu Yun immediately followed up with the Samsara Absolute Kill Formation. Countless tiny black rods shot toward him like a violent storm.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The crisp clashing of weapons rang out. These black rods were made of G-grade metal and empowered by Heart Power, making them very difficult for King Qitian to handle.
He unleashed every means at his disposal, yet was still struck several times. His Divine Body cracked in more places, and King Qitian's mind was full of confusion. He felt as if he weren't facing a King-Level Immortal at all.
"Some Universe Venerables probably have secret techniques on the same level as his." King Qitian prepared to use his ultimate move. He knew that if he kept fighting, he would only be toyed with.
The battle had still taught him a great deal, but King Qitian didn't want to lose to Wu Yun. If he was going to leave, he would do so in a grand fashion.
But Wu Yun wasn't about to let him have his way.
Whoosh!
Wu Yun's speed quickly reached near light speed. He raised the long staff high and brought it down like an axe, shattering the fabric of space into countless flying micro-particles.
Each micro-particle was caught in the staff, carrying endless might as it crashed down.
"So fast." King Qitian was shaken. Wu Yun possessed an extremely high level of secret technique and could reach top speed in an instant. Among fighters of the same level, he was truly unmatched.
Even a true Universe Venerable might be matched by Wu Yun.
"Invincible King."
"No, not quite." King Zujin pointed out Wu Yun's weakness. "He doesn't have a sufficiently powerful defensive Heavy Treasure or a Heavy Treasure for escape. He still can't be called an Invincible King."
A true Invincible King had no weaknesses at all. They could even flee from a Universe Venerable.
Everyone present was only close to that realm. None had ever truly reached it.
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