Great Battle? Strongest vs. Strongest, Third Gear Activated! Eagle Catches Chick!

"Five million layers in the Blood Moving Secret Treasury!? Just a difference of one million layers, and the gap is already this vast?"

A prodigy cried out in shock, nearly suffocating beneath the sheer magnitude of that vast sea of blood and vitality!

Every junior present was exceptionally gifted. Their resources and cultivation methods were all the very best!

Thus, even the weakest among them had reached three million layers in the Blood Moving Secret Treasury, while some had already stepped into the realm of four million layers!

Yet the limit of five million layers remained as unreachable as a heavenly chasm!

The upper limit had already been locked in place. Without some heaven-defying fortuitous encounter, they would never advance even a single layer further!

Yet no matter how difficult it was, it should only have been one or two million layers more. How could the difference be this enormous?

"No! This isn't the Blood Moving Extreme Realm!"

An expert spoke up.

As the only expert present who had been sealed away since ancient times and awakened only in this modern age, he stared fixedly at Lu Qingyun, as though he wished to etch every trace of his bearing into his consciousness!

"I once lived through another great golden age and glimpsed from afar the... king of that era. With a chaotic body, he crossed the Blood Moving Extreme Realm several times! According to rumor, he even entered the realm of ten million Blood Moving layers, his blood and vitality eclipsing every prodigy of that age!"

"But... when that man fully unleashed his blood and vitality, the effect he displayed was not even one-hundredth of what we see now!"

"In other words, Lu Family Thirteenth Sequence has taken the Blood Moving Secret Treasury to a realm absolutely unprecedented—one that will most likely never be surpassed!"

"Tens of millions of layers? Or perhaps... hundreds of millions!"

Everyone heard the expert's words. Some prodigies with less steadfast minds turned pale upon hearing those almost terrifying numbers.

The understanding of cultivation they had struggled to build crumbled completely!

Hundreds of millions! How many zeroes was that?

Thinking of how they had been smug over their mere several million layers in the Blood Moving Secret Treasury, then comparing the gap between themselves and Lu Family Thirteenth Sequence—

They could not even summon the slightest desire to chase after him!

Most of them had already reached the utmost limit of their potential. Even the few who had not understood that adding even one more layer to the Blood Moving Secret Treasury was incomparably difficult. They simply dared not imagine what a winding and arduous road it would take to reach hundreds of millions of Blood Moving layers!

"Good lad! I knew you'd been hiding your true strength!"

Lu Changming was wildly excited, and the great stone hanging over his heart finally fell!

But... why was the pressure from this ocean of blood and vitality not sparing even him?

In stark contrast to Lu Changming's excitement, the Ming Family elder's face was so gloomy it seemed ready to drip water.

"So what if his Blood Moving layers are high? Crushed beneath the gap of several major realms, he is nothing more than a slightly larger ant! What, does he think that with the Blood Moving Realm alone, he can contend with a True God? What a joke! Could it be that once he breaks through to the Cave Heaven Realm, he'll immediately stand shoulder to shoulder with the supreme beings?"

"Ming Sheng, help that old fool Lu Changming recognize reality!"

Upon hearing the command, Ming Sheng felt a faint unease stir within him, yet deep down, he also believed that no matter how many Blood Moving layers one possessed—

One could suppress it all with sheer strength!

He suddenly clenched one hand!

"Armor, come!"

The mountains collapsed, and endless mud and stone surged down like ocean waves. They continuously condensed and shifted along the way, ultimately forming a suit of armor as thick and solid as the earth itself. It covered Ming Sheng's body without appearing bloated or cumbersome; instead, it added a touch of murderous solemnity to him!

And indeed, after donning the armor, Ming Sheng's speed did not diminish in the slightest.

He nearly became a streak of light as he charged toward Lu Qingyun!

Their fists collided like muffled thunder exploding!

The earth could not withstand the force of the collision and split apart at once, dust billowing everywhere!

"He... he blocked it!?"

There were no ordinary people present. Their eyesight was superb, and they naturally saw that Lu Qingyun had forcibly withstood that strike!

And judging from his seemingly lazy demeanor, it appeared that... he had not truly exerted himself?

"Finished? Now... it should be my turn."

Lu Qingyun remained in the same fist-clashing stance, without moving so much as an inch.

After saying those words, his fist suddenly exerted force once more!

A force like mountains toppling and seas overturning surged from Lu Qingyun's fist in an instant. In the blink of an eye, the mountain armor around Ming Sheng's arm shattered!

Under that force, Ming Sheng's body was sent flying backward without any warning!

Yet before he could even fall, Lu Qingyun had already appeared at the point where he would land!

"So fast!"

That was every expert's first reaction.

From the perspective of the younger prodigies, they could only see Lu Qingyun vanish from where he stood in an instant. They could not perceive his astonishing speed at all!

"Uncle... am I really a genius? Why do I feel... so insignificant?"

As though their battle had utterly shattered his Heart of Dao, someone fell into confusion.

The expert beside him felt his heart tighten and hurriedly consoled him. "Do not belittle yourselves. The paths you walk are different. Lu Qingyun's number of Blood Moving Secret Treasury layers is horrifying beyond measure, but that will also make his future breakthroughs exceedingly difficult!"

"Perhaps by the time he becomes a True God, you'll have already stepped into the Supreme Realm. He can only throw his weight around for now. As long as you're given time, you'll definitely surpass him!"

Those words seemed to successfully spur the man on. He muttered to himself, "As long as I'm given time, I can completely surpass him, until he is beyond my reach?"

"Yes! As long as you're given time, your future... Bang!!"

Before he could finish, the powerful expert watched his junior turn into a cloud of blood mist right before his eyes!

He turned his head blankly and discovered that Ming Sheng and Lu Qingyun's battle had somehow already reached a fever pitch. Both had unleashed their full strength, their speed and power pushed to the absolute limit!

The one who had just smashed his junior into blood mist was Ming Sheng, who had been sent flying!

The armor formed from mountains crashed into his nephew, meeting not the slightest resistance before utterly crushing him apart!

Weren't they here to watch the show? How had they... died here instead?

Rage, regret, and self-reproach flooded his heart at that moment!

He wanted to strike and avenge his nephew, only to realize... he could not do so!

Fortunately, he was not the only one to suffer such a fate!

"No!!"

"How dare you lay hands on my clan's prodigy!"

Three explosive blasts in succession signaled the accidental deaths of three prodigies!

It all happened as though by design, within the span of a single breath!

No one had expected it!

Not even Ming Sheng himself, the one responsible, who was continuously being blasted away!

"Was that an accident... or deliberate?"

The moment that suspicion surfaced in Ming Sheng's heart, he cast it aside.

Because what he needed to consider now was how to defeat this Lu Family Thirteenth Sequence!

He was too strong! Strong enough to shake even him, a Holy Spirit!

His combat power was clearly enough to rival a True God, yet not only could he gain no advantage in his clashes with Lu Qingyun, there were even times when he felt...

The other party was toying with him!

When he was once again launched like a cannonball toward one of the prodigies present, he finally became certain—this really was Lu Qingyun toying with him!

"Damn it! How dare you humiliate me like this!"

Ming Sheng flew into a towering rage. Only one thought remained in his heart: no matter the cost, he would tear this Lu Family Thirteenth Sequence completely to pieces!

For that, even if he had to pay an enormous price, he would not hesitate!

After being sent flying once more, Ming Sheng took the initiative to dispel the mountain armor around his body, allowing it to fall to the ground and smash out a deep crater.

A peculiar Dao resonance slowly rippled out from his chest, causing tiny cracks to emerge across the surface of his body. They resembled blood-red eyes opening one after another, chilling all who saw them to the bone!

From that moment on, Ming Sheng's aura abruptly soared!

He had used the Holy Spirit race's unique forbidden secret art, severing his future path of cultivation in exchange for the blessings of heaven's will and a tremendous surge in combat power!

Ming Sheng stood silently in the air, the madness in his eyes fading away.

At the pinnacle he could reach in this lifetime, all that remained in his gaze was calmness and acceptance.

"From the moment the Ming Family brought me back and I gained consciousness, I knew that there would be no freedom left for me in this life."

"After our battle, regardless of victory or defeat, I will have no road ahead. This is my only chance to bloom with a radiance that belongs solely to me. For you, dying beneath my strongest form can also be considered the greatest respect I can show you."

Ming Sheng raised a hand and clenched it into a fist. Such a simple motion alone made the void tremble!

It was as though even the space here could not withstand the pressure he carelessly exuded!

He was clearly only in the Nirvana Realm, yet at this moment, his combat power had already surpassed that of a True God and reached the realm of a Venerable Lord!

He had thoroughly risen to the same level as the experts from the various major factions present!

Lu Qingyun was not moved by Ming Sheng's words.

Who cared whether you had freedom or whether you were going to die?

Who was the one who came looking for trouble first? Didn't you have any damn self-awareness?

At the moment, Lu Qingyun was feeling frustrated because he could no longer catch anyone off guard.

Other than at the beginning, when no one had been on guard and he had used the battle to kill three prodigies, the rest of the experts had protected their young ones like mother hens guarding chicks, leaving him no opportunity whatsoever!

In that case, there was no need for this battle to continue.

Lu Qingyun turned back toward Ming Sheng, pursed his lips, then suddenly smiled. "What a coincidence. I actually have a strongest form too."

In truth, his combat power had remained at the first stage all this time. He had not even activated the second stage.

But now, he intended to activate the third stage directly!

Third Gear combat power, activate!

"Heavenly Eye, manifest!"

"Amplification secret art, stack on me!"

"Final step—Blood Burning, open!!"

Lu Qingyun stepped through the void, taking three steps forward.

With every step, his aura surged severalfold. The Heavenly Eye, like the vertical pupil of the Heavenly Dao, was cold and majestic. The traits of countless techniques intertwined under their layered effects, turning this entire ocean of blood and qi into an eerie, ink-black sea!

At last, the Blood Burning divine ability was activated.

In that instant, the entire ink-black ocean boiled completely!

The pressure abruptly multiplied, making the expressions of the experts from every major faction change drastically. One after another, they gathered their focus and unleashed their true power to resist!

At this moment, the Lu Qingyun in their eyes no longer seemed like some prodigy who had only just begun his training journey.

He was a powerhouse of their generation, one who could make them submit willingly—a terrifying Desolate Beast that had escaped from a prison of absolute hell, its vicious might soaring to the heavens!

"The strongest against the strongest—the fairest match."

After opening Third Gear, Lu Qingyun could understand why Ming Sheng had suddenly changed his disposition earlier, acting like some detached saint devoid of worldly desires.

This power, as though he held heaven, earth, sun, and moon in his hands—power enough to destroy galaxies with a raised head and throw seas of stars into chaos—was truly intoxicating.

Like the lofty Heavenly Dao, looking down upon all living things and controlling everything!

Still, Lu Qingyun knew perfectly well that this was undoubtedly nothing more than an illusion brought about by his explosive growth in power.

After all, the cold numbers on the system panel would not lie.

Even if it doubled, it would only be one billionfold. He was still a long way from piercing the heavens!

But... one billionfold was likewise a qualitative transformation...

Lu Qingyun chuckled softly. His gaze fell upon Ming Sheng, and their eyes met.

With just one look, the light within the Heavenly Eye on his forehead flickered!

With a bang!

Ming Sheng's eyes instantly exploded. His divine sense swept about frantically as he screamed in agony!

This turn of events had caught everyone completely off guard!

Then, in the very next moment, Lu Qingyun moved like a ghost, appearing at Ming Sheng's side in an instant.

He raised a hand and gave a casual wave, as though swatting away a mosquito. An explosion rang out like melons and fruit smashing against the ground.

Ming Sheng's entire head was swept apart by that blow, his divine consciousness erased along with it!

One glance. One simple wave of the hand.

That was enough to kill a Holy Spirit comparable to a Sovereign Lord!

When a Holy Spirit fell, heavenly phenomena arose!

A rain of blood fell between heaven and earth, filled with a rhythm of sorrow!

Everyone was struck speechless by those two attacks!

Most of the faction experts trembled in mind and spirit at the sight, their attention wholly fixed upon Ming Sheng's shattered corpse.

And at that very moment... Lu Qingyun moved again!

"Bang bang bang!!!"

A string of explosive sounds rang out!

Taking advantage of the faction experts' distraction, Lu Qingyun did something no one could comprehend.

He was... slaughtering prodigies!

Top-tier prodigies protected by powerful experts, at that!!

"Impudent!! Stop!"

"Lu Qingyun! You dare lay hands on the prodigy of my clan!"

"Get back!"

In his anxiety, one expert threw a punch at Lu Qingyun, intending to force him back.

Yet Lu Qingyun not only refused to retreat, he charged forward instead!

He met that punch head-on, clashing with it without yielding in the slightest!

A scream rang out, plunging everyone's hearts into an icy abyss!

Because the one screaming was not Lu Qingyun, but that faction expert!

In their exchange, the older faction expert had actually had one of his arms forcibly blasted apart!

Lu Qingyun, meanwhile, was utterly unaffected. He even casually seized the two top-tier prodigies the expert had been shielding behind him and crushed them into a mist of blood!

Amid the blood mist, Lu Qingyun swept his gaze across the crowd. The corner of his lips lifted as he said softly, "Everyone, how long do you think it will take you to escape this sealed heaven and earth?"

"During that time, let's play hawk catches chicks."

"I hope you can protect your little chicks..."

The moment the words left his mouth, Lu Qingyun felt that something was off.

He shook his head and did not dwell on it.

It began... a slaughter!

After activating Third Gear, Lu Qingyun had completely surpassed the True God realm—he was even stronger than most of the powerhouses from the factions present!

On top of that, from the very beginning, he had turned this place into his ocean of blood and qi, into his home ground!

Thus, he moved as though a fish in water, his figure flashing without end.

Every flash heralded the fall of a top-tier prodigy!

These supreme seedlings of the various great factions were now like cabbages in a field, harvested at Lu Qingyun's whim!

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