Annihilation Marquis

"Annihilation Marquis?!"

The moment Luo Ya saw Su Heng, his expression changed drastically.

Although only the upper echelons of the peak races knew the information about Hundred Ape Marquis, a mysterious and powerful human Marquis-level warrior had appeared in the Shattered Star Belt over the past five hundred years.

During the first hundred years, he had possessed only high Marquis-level strength. Yet after using a secret technique called 'Nirvana Life and Death,' even a low Marquis-level warrior with an immortal body would instantly have 3% of their divine body annihilated!

For some unknown reason, he then went quiet for three hundred years. When he reappeared in the Shattered Star Belt, he directly dealt with a high Marquis-level warrior from the Demon Race camp!

Though no one knew exactly how he had done it!

After that battle, the Marquis-level beings active in the Shattered Star Belt had all begun calling that mysterious human Marquis-level warrior 'Annihilation Marquis,' regarding him as a peak Marquis-level existence comparable to a King-level warrior!

"Annihilation Marquis?" Su Heng was somewhat surprised. He had not expected to gain a title while still at the Marquis-level.

Ordinary Marquis-level immortals merely carried a title of realm. Only Marquis-level warriors who made a certain name for themselves at this stage would receive an actual epithet.

Just like Hundred Ape Marquis. Though he was only high Marquis-level, his formidable strength had earned him such a title on the Extraterritorial Battlefield.

Annihilation Marquis? It suited him well enough.

Su Heng smiled faintly. Over these five hundred years, aside from seeking out Marquis-level alien races to battle, he had spent his time cultivating top-tier techniques.

Finally, a hundred years ago, he had pushed 'Nirvana Life and Death' to the level of a supreme technique.

"Annihilation Marquis, you and I have no quarrel. Let this matter end here. How about it?"

After seeing Su Heng, Luo Ya no longer had any desire to fight and spoke in an attempt to make peace.

Over the past century, although Annihilation Marquis had not killed any high Marquis-level warriors, quite a few low Marquis-level immortals had fallen.

But annihilating a low Marquis-level immortal was hardly an easy task.

Even he would need to burn divine power for a chance at it!

"No quarrel?" Su Heng sneered. This was the Extraterritorial Battlefield, where the strong devoured the weak!

Besides, Luo Ya had shown no intention whatsoever of sparing the human squad earlier!

Without another word, Su Heng summoned his divine weapon from his Inner World and slashed a gray-green sword light toward Luo Ya.

"Nirvana Life and Death!"

"Damn it!"

Luo Ya's face twisted as immortal divine power throughout his body immediately began burning. Bolstered by the immense divine power, he gripped his massive axe and hacked at the sword light.

"Burning immortal divine power again."

Seeing this, Su Heng frowned slightly. This was the disadvantage of being a World Lord.

If an immortal was willing, he could burn all the divine power in his body to gain a hundredfold increase. Though it would last only a very short time, that instant burst of power was enough to fight across several ranks.

Even normally burning divine power could increase one's strength tenfold, with the duration varying according to the size of one's divine body.

Why had Su Heng killed only one high Marquis-level alien over five hundred years?

Was it because he did not want to hunt more?

Of course not!

After a high Marquis-level warrior burned divine power, his strength could at minimum rival a low King-level warrior. If he burned everything, even a peak King-level warrior would have to avoid him!

Of course, in such a state, a peak King-level warrior only needed to stall for a few moves before the opponent collapsed from losing too much of his divine body.

Moreover, among immortals of the same rank, the power of a King-level existence burning immortal divine power would only be even more terrifying!

The problem now was that Su Heng was merely a World Lord. His body was still flesh and blood and had not transformed into a divine body, so burning divine power was impossible for him.

Boom!

The collision of the two attacks caused the cosmic void to shatter wildly like a mirror.

Facing an attack comparable to a low King-level warrior, Su Heng would not necessarily have been able to withstand it if his mastery of techniques and laws had not greatly improved!

Even so, a small portion of the attack's residual force continued toward Su Heng. Fortunately, the Star-Eating Grass on his body emerged and blocked all the remaining force.

"Hm? It seems he's nothing special. How did he kill that high Marquis-level warrior?"

In the distance, Luo Ya watched his attack shatter the other man's technique and could not help feeling suspicious.

If burning divine power allowed him to contend with Annihilation Marquis, then there was no reason that high Marquis-level warrior could not have done the same.

"World Creation!" Luo Ya was currently burning divine power, so he had no desire to drag things out. He directly unleashed the ordinary supreme technique he had created over countless years.

After launching that attack, Luo Ya put away his massive axe and summoned an F-class spacecraft from his Inner World.

He was going to flee!

He could only barely contend with the other party even after burning divine power. Only a fool would continue fighting.

"Trying to run?"

Su Heng's expression remained utterly calm as he watched this.

"Then I'll use you to test a move!"

Su Heng summoned the Four-Silver Clan clone that had been cultivating in his Inner World.

After five hundred years of cultivation—and five hundred years enhanced by his destiny—this Four-Silver Clan clone was no longer what it had once been!

In raw strength alone, the Four-Silver Clan clone had already surpassed 20,000 times the power of a World Lord. Combined with its innate secret technique comparable to a supreme technique, it could forcibly annihilate even a peak Marquis-level warrior!

Most importantly, over these five hundred years, relying on its affinity for the Law of Space, the Four-Silver Clan clone had even learned a short-range teleportation secret technique!

Though it could not teleport one light-year at a time after comprehending the Law of Space, it was enough to surpass the speed of light and teleport one million kilometers at a time!

Su Heng had named this teleportation Spatial Wandering!

"Whoosh."

Using Spatial Wandering, the Four-Silver Clan clone instantly appeared before the spacecraft.

Clasping both hands together, it caused the space around the spacecraft to collapse at once, and vast amounts of void power surged in!

This was Spatial Annihilation!

The power of space was incredibly strange and powerful!

Even an F-class spacecraft began emitting cracking sounds under the power of a low King-level warrior combined with the Law of Space.

"Damn it, so this is Annihilation Marquis's true strength—a clone!"

Inside the spacecraft, Luo Ya's expression was incomparably ugly. At this moment, he had already stopped burning divine power.

After all, just those two moves had already consumed 3% of his divine power. If he continued burning it, he would soon fall back to low Marquis-level!

Yet even while hiding within the spacecraft, the surrounding spatial power rapidly eroded it. If the spacecraft was damaged, he truly would have no way to escape!

Left with no choice, Luo Ya flew out of the spacecraft, stored it back in his Inner World, and then continued burning divine power to resist the surrounding annihilating force.

I feel like I wrote something wrong earlier. There's nothing I can do about it—my writing as a newcomer is a bit poor. I'll try to write better from now on and give the protagonist more of that invincible vibe.

Also, regarding burning the divine body, I think immortals generally get tenfold or hundredfold boosts.

Burning everything is equivalent to risking one's life. No matter how large your divine body is, it will not last long.

Burning only part of it is like the usual divine power-burning boost. The larger the divine body, the longer it can last.