Ultimate Technique

"Cough."

Su Heng wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and looked gravely at Hundred Ape Marquis.

The auxiliary plant life on his body was a Marquis-level Mo Yun Vine. Plant life was known for its defense, yet even so, the opponent's previous strike had still injured him considerably!

The opponent's strength was likely not merely at the advanced Marquis-level. He was probably close to the peak Marquis-level!

"Even with auxiliary plant life protecting you, you will die without a doubt!" Hundred Ape Marquis grinned, a hint of greed flashing through his eyes.

If he had previously hated humans only because of his disciple...

Then now, he was astonished by the immense wealth Su Heng had displayed.

Even he found it extremely difficult to cultivate a Marquis-level plant life.

After all, nurturing a Marquis-level plant life required at least several billion Primal Chaos Units. That was already a quarter of an advanced Marquis-level warrior's entire fortune!

Even if he gritted his teeth and cultivated such a plant life, its success rate when breaking through to the Immortal level was not particularly high. Once it failed, every resource invested would go down the drain!

With such an enormous risk, how could he possibly cultivate a plant life weaker than himself?

Would it not be better to use that wealth to exchange for secret techniques and resources that could improve his own strength?

But!

A mere World Master-level brat before him actually possessed a Marquis-level plant life that even he would have been willing to cultivate.

That meant the wealth the other party possessed was likely even greater than his own!

If he could kill the other party, he could even purchase secret techniques he had never dared to dream of before, or gain the chance to cultivate in some secret realm!

With that thought, Hundred Ape Marquis roared. His figure flashed through the void, and in the next instant, he closed the distance between himself and Su Heng.

"Hong Tian!"

At the same time, the long staff in his hand unleashed another strike containing immense divine power.

"Mo Yun, attach your power to the Forest Divine Weapon!"

Facing this immensely oppressive attack, Su Heng did not dare be careless in the slightest. He hurriedly used his consciousness to communicate with the Mo Yun Vine attached to him.

At the same time, he released half the projection of his Inner World. World Power from a world spanning ten million kilometers condensed onto the divine weapon clenched in his hand.

It was not as though he had never fought against an advanced Marquis-level opponent before!

A crazed glint flashed across Su Heng's face. Then, he swung the longsword in his hand, sending streams of sword light toward Hundred Ape Marquis.

"Wanwu Jiemie!"

Within the universe, there were countless manuals and ultimate techniques. After countless years of development, these ultimate techniques had gradually been divided into four levels.

The first was ordinary secret techniques, ultimate techniques generally created and used by genius World Masters or Marquis-level Immortals.

The second was top-tier secret techniques, ultimate techniques generally created and used only by King-level experts.

The third was peak secret techniques, ultimate techniques generally created and used by Universe Venerables or King-level geniuses.

The fourth was ultimate secret techniques, secret techniques created and used by top-tier Universe Overlords and Universe Lords!

Of course, these four levels were merely broad classifications. Even within the same level, there were vast differences.

For example, the move Su Heng was using now, Wanwu Jiemie, was an ordinary ultimate technique he had created over millions of years. Yet its true level was already close to that of a top-tier ultimate technique!

Even King-level Immortals would not dare underestimate this secret technique!

"What!"

As he felt the streams of sword light bombard his divine power, Hundred Ape Marquis's face filled with shock.

In battles between Immortals, one first had to consider the divine power contained within the divine body. That was the foundation of everything!

If the difference in divine bodies was not great, then they would have to compare their comprehension and application of laws. That was where the disparity between secret techniques and ultimate techniques lay!

Hundred Ape Marquis possessed an advanced Marquis-level divine body, containing more than three thousand times the power of a World Master. Combined with his innate twofold genetic level, he could unleash nearly seven thousand times the power of a World Master at full strength!

However, Hundred Ape Marquis's comprehension of laws had always been unremarkable, merely average for the Marquis-level. The ordinary ultimate technique he had created was likewise at that level, still far from a top-tier ultimate technique.

The divine power contained in Su Heng's Wanwu Jiemie was not particularly high. In Hundred Ape Marquis's perception, it contained at most a little over three thousand times the power of a World Master. Yet the level of his ultimate technique far surpassed Hundred Ape Marquis's Hong Tian.

Even though his foundational divine power was not high, the advantage in ultimate technique level allowed those sword lights to make up much of the difference!

Even if they could not completely offset the attack, Hundred Ape Marquis's remaining power still could not harm Su Heng, who was protected by auxiliary plant life.

How could Hundred Ape Marquis not be shocked at such a sight?

Although he had once heard within the Demon Race that certain geniuses of his race could contend with Marquis-level and King-level Immortals while still at the World Master stage...

At the time, he had merely felt that the royal family's praise was exaggerated. A World Master being able to fight an ordinary Immortal or a beginner Marquis-level opponent was already impressive enough.

King-level? That was far too absurd! He had even believed that a randomly chosen advanced Marquis-level or peak Marquis-level expert might not necessarily be able to contend with one!

Yet now, a human World Master could actually fight him evenly. This fact left Hundred Ape Marquis no choice but to believe that perhaps this universe truly contained some monstrously heaven-defying geniuses.

But precisely because of that, he could not let the other party go!

He was already this monstrous as a World Master. Once he broke through to the Immortal level, would Hundred Ape Marquis still have any chance of contending with him?

Hundred Ape Marquis gave Su Heng a deep look, then stopped holding back and directly began burning his divine body.

Although restoring his divine body after the battle would require tremendous resources and time, if he could kill the other party, none of those losses would matter!

Boom!

After burning his divine body, Hundred Ape Marquis immediately gained a tenfold increase. His original seven thousand times the power of a World Master surged to seventy thousand times at full strength, enough to rival an expert among advanced King-level warriors!

The opponent was merely a World Master. It was impossible for him to burn divine power!

Even if that auxiliary lifeform burned its life force as well, the gap in their foundations was too vast. It still would not be his opponent!

"He burned his divine power."

In the distance, Su Heng had just neutralized Hundred Ape Marquis's Hong Tian strike when he saw the other party burn his divine power.

His expression was incomparably solemn. The opponent was a member of the Demon Race, and his innate divine body was far larger than that of a human. That also meant that after burning divine power, he could sustain it longer than a human.

Trying to stall for time would be immensely difficult, while confronting him head-on would be even harder!

Mo Yun Vine was only at the beginner Marquis-level. Its foundational divine power was merely fifteen hundred times the power of a World Master. Even after burning divine power, it would only reach fifteen thousand times the power of a World Master. The gap from seventy thousand times was simply too great!

"Can I only do that?" Su Heng murmured.

I forgot whether an Immortal burning divine power resulted in a tenfold or hundredfold boost, but tenfold seems more reasonable.