It had to be said that the Demon King was quite powerful, far exceeding Wu Pifu's expectations.
He had to admit that the Demon King might truly deserve the title of genius. This thing was actually an Ascendant Body—and a second-tier Ascendant Body at that!
Wu Pifu thrust a palm forward. In an instant, heaven and earth collapsed. This was not merely a figure of speech, but a reality perceived by everyone present. Beneath that palm, the entire extraterrestrial demon mothership seemed to collapse into a single line. In their senses, nothing remained but this palm that seemed capable of crushing the entire universe within its grasp.
"Ridiculous! You dare show off such a mere illusory intent of Human Immortal Martial Arts!?"
The Demon King roared. From within its illusion, countless demonic creatures emerged—Feitian, Yakshas, and more. Each was as enormous as a star, yet with a single collision, they actually blocked that heaven-toppling palm.
This was, in fact, the intent of Human Immortal Martial Arts. The intent of a fist, a palm, a blade, a spear, or a staff—or rather, the artistic conception of "martial." Wu Pifu had first encountered it when fighting the geniuses of the True Martial Lineage in the Lost Lands. To put it plainly, it involved using intent condensed through martial arts to pressure an opponent's senses and perception, thereby producing a kind of "deceptive" effect.
It shared the same origin as the martial intent of National Arts. However, National Arts' martial intent was not nearly so powerful. It could only affect oneself and could not influence an enemy's senses or perception. Human Immortal Martial Arts' intent, meanwhile, could affect the perceptions of everyone nearby over a wide area.
But no matter how much it affected them, illusion was still illusion. It could not affect