"How is that possible?!"
Niu Can's expression changed drastically. Even four spheres of divine power had failed to block the other party's attack!
One had to know that even an entry-level Marquis would not have been able to cancel out their attacks and still have strength left over!
And the other party was only a World Master!
A peerless genius!
A peerless genius of the human race!
In an instant, Niu Can sent this information to the demon race immortals within the Shattered Star Belt!
"Requesting aid, requesting aid. At coordinates xx, a human World Master is holding off my squad. Initial assessment: the opponent possesses entry-level Marquis strength."
After sending the distress signal, the green light arrived before them as well.
"This is the Power of Nirvana. He has actually comprehended the Power of Nirvana within the Law of Wood. He truly is a peerless genius!" The moment Niu Can sensed the green light, he understood.
Of the Law of Wood, the most famous was the Power of Nirvana. Though it appeared weak offensively, once comprehended to a profound level, its attack power could rival even lightning and the Law of Metal!
"Man Jun!"
Niu Can roared. Vast earth divine power surged at his command, and two streams of yellow light shot from his enormous horns.
Only someone with his barely Marquis-level strength could withstand this attack. If it were the other three immortals, they would likely be severely injured or even annihilated by it!
"Barely Marquis-level... the detector really can only serve as a reference." Watching Niu Can's all-out strike, Su Heng rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
Peak immortal and barely Marquis-level were not truly the same realm; the distinction merely made it easier to gauge strength.
It was perfectly normal for detectors to make mistakes, but this also served as a reminder to Su Heng.
After all, what if one day a detector identified a peak Marquis-level alien as merely having barely King-level strength?
"A World Master with Marquis-level combat power—a peerless genius. What a pity he's too far away, otherwise I could have gone to offer some support."
In the central region of the Shattered Star Belt, quite a few Marquis-level demon race immortals received Niu Can's message. Unfortunately, they were simply too far from the outskirts. Even if they rushed over now, it would still take quite some time.
However, not all Marquis-level immortals were in the central region.
Inside an enormous fragment on the outskirts, a demon race member standing only fifteen meters tall and resembling an ape was glaring furiously at the message.
He was a high-level Marquis immortal from the demon race's ape lineage. He had once had a disciple who came to the Extraterritorial Battlefield in hopes of breaking through to immortality. Unfortunately, the disciple ultimately failed and died at the hands of a human.
That disciple had once been his favorite, as well as the one in whom he had placed the greatest hopes!
It was precisely because of that disciple's death that this ape immortal came to hate humans. From then on, whenever he encountered a human, no matter how weak they were, he would kill them immediately to avenge his disciple!
Now, a human genius had appeared near him. How could he not be enraged?
The one who had killed his disciple back then had also been a human genius!
Boom!
The ape roared, his body transforming into a brilliant golden streak as he shot out of the cave.
Within the ruined void, Su Heng gathered up the World Rings before him, along with the spoils scattered through space.
"This demon race squad was quite wealthy. Their total assets should be comparable to those of a Marquis-level immortal, right?"
After inventorying the loot, Su Heng smiled with satisfaction. His intervention had not been in vain; the gains were quite good!
"Hmm? A high-level Marquis demon race immortal... was that fellow's call for aid just now?" Su Heng looked solemnly at the bracer on his arm.
Just moments ago, the intelligent lifeform had informed him that a high-level Marquis demon race immortal was rapidly approaching this battlefield.
It was estimated that in ten minutes, the enemy would be able to sense him directly!
Should he leave?
Su Heng hesitated. Although he had just killed four immortals, his own strength was not especially high—at most, around two thousand times that of a World Master.
Immortal Military Lords were manageable, since they lacked immortal bodies and were relatively easy to kill.
But if he faced an entry-level Marquis immortal, Su Heng would have to seriously weigh his options. And the one coming now was a high-level Marquis with three to four thousand times the strength of a World Master!
Without using his trump cards, Su Heng himself was not enough to resist this high-level Marquis.
"Forget it. Since I'm testing things, I might as well see it through. A high-level Marquis may not necessarily be killable, but it would also be impossible for him to keep me here."
After thinking for a while, Su Heng still dismissed the notion of leaving. With the boost from his fate, he might not necessarily become one of the strongest among immortals immediately, but below the King level, the odds of anyone being able to hold him back were still very low.
Besides, he had not shown his true strength in the battle just now!
"So you're not leaving. Quite confident, aren't you? You're just a lucky World Master. Do you really think you're comparable to a Marquis?"
Inside a saucer-shaped spacecraft, the ape sneered.
A World Master did not possess divine power burning or an immortal body!
The spacecraft swiftly approached the previous battlefield. When it was several hundred thousand kilometers away, the ape stepped out of the ship.
"Human! I don't know what gives you the confidence to remain here, but since I have arrived, today will be the day you die. Remember this: the one killing you is Hundred Ape Marquis!"
Because Hundred Ape Marquis spoke through divine power, Su Heng heard him with absolute clarity despite the distance of several hundred thousand kilometers.
"Hundred Ape Marquis? I'll remember that." Faced with Hundred Ape Marquis's roar, Su Heng merely smiled calmly.
"You're courting death!"
Hundred Ape Marquis was naturally hot-tempered, and he already bore immense hatred toward humanity. Seeing Su Heng's demeanor only enraged him further!
He stopped wasting words, pulled a ten-meter-long staff from his Inner World, and smashed it heavily in Su Heng's direction.
A shadow of the staff swept forward with the earth laws filling the sky. Space along its path split with countless cracks, like a shattered mirror.
Su Heng's expression turned serious at the sight. A green divine weapon resembling a longsword appeared in his palm.
"Nirvana Life and Death!"
Su Heng slashed his sword, sending a black-and-green sword light crashing into Hundred Ape Marquis's earth laws.
Boom!
In an instant, the sword light was annihilated. Although the staff shadow had faded considerably, it still contained formidable Law Divine Power.
With nothing to impede it, the staff shadow rapidly reached Su Heng and smashed into him, sending his body flying thousands of kilometers!
Yet this strike did not produce the result Hundred Ape Marquis had expected.
"An immortal plant?" Hundred Ape Marquis's expression immediately darkened as he looked at Su Heng in the distance, wrapped in vine armor.
The vine armor covering Su Heng's body radiated immortal divine power just like his own. It was very likely an auxiliary plant lifeform with Marquis-level immortal strength!
But why could a World Master cultivate a plant lifeform at the Marquis immortal level?
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