Chapter 39

Right, wrong—he had come here to die.

"Roar!!!"

At the center of the beast tide, the six-hundred-thousand-year-old Earth-Splitting Demon Scorpion King roared toward Big Luck and Lu Yuan, a roar that seemed ready to shake the sky down.

Its cold compound eyes locked onto the steel behemoth that had dared charge in alone.

Its tail hook rose high.

"Whoosh!"

A streak of purple-black poison light tore through the sky and shot toward Big Luck!

"Bring it on!!!"

Lu Yuan's gaze sharpened. His hands spun the steering wheel.

At the same time, he activated Earthshaking Armor at full strength!

"Clang!!!"

The poison light was still too fast. It struck Big Luck's rear.

But a thick, earthen-yellow glow around the rear blocked it.

The vehicle shook violently, yet Big Luck suffered no damage.

Neither Lu Yuan in the driver's seat nor anyone in the Cargo Box was hurt.

Lu Yuan slammed the accelerator and turned the wheel again, bringing Big Luck back onto a straight course.

Soul Power gathered furiously at the front of Big Luck's cab!

The fierce phantom of a dragon's head suddenly appeared, its eyes blazing, its might as heavy as a mountain!

This was Dragon-Riding Strike!

Big Luck became a bolt of black lightning and hurtled straight toward the scorpion king, which was as large as a small hill.

"Boom!!!!!!!!"

An earth-shaking crash exploded from the center of the beast tide!

A terrifying shock wave swept outward in a ring.

In an instant, it blasted more than a hundred nearby Mutated Spirit Beasts into bloody mist!!!

They had no chance to scream. Not even chunks of flesh remained...

It was terrifying beyond belief!

On the city wall, Ten Hag and the others stared, dumbstruck, their scalps prickling.

A moment later, a gale swept over them, whipping their clothes and blowing their hair straight back...

Meanwhile, cracks spread across the scorpion king's supposedly "indestructible" black shell.

Before the front of Big Luck's cab,

it broke apart inch by inch...

"Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack..."

The impact had also snapped the scorpion king's tail hook off at the base.

The mighty six-hundred-thousand-year-old scorpion king had been sent flying by Big Luck, which it had regarded as no more than an ant.

Its enormous body rose several yards off the ground and flew backward as it let out a piercing wail.

"Screech!!!"

Then it crashed to the ground a thousand meters away. The impact shook the earth like an earthquake and threw up dust as though a sandstorm had sprung up.

"Rumble!!!"

Countless stones rained down onto its massive body, threatening to bury it whole!

"Screech..."

A faint cry came from the sudden pile of rubble.

The pile shifted a few times, sending stones tumbling down.

Then it went completely still.

The Earth-Splitting Demon Scorpion King made no more sound.

Six hundred thousand years.

The Earth-Splitting Demon Scorpion King, a mighty overlord and leader of the Mutated Spirit Beasts,

had died from a single collision with Big Luck.

"Hmph!"

Driving Big Luck, Lu Yuan sent several more Mutated Spirit Beasts reckless enough to block him flying, then pulled up before the Earth-Splitting Demon Scorpion King.

Lu Yuan opened the door and jumped down. He glanced around, and the Mutated Spirit Beasts that had been closing in to attack recoiled in fright.

They could sense a terrifying aura coming from him.

Suddenly, a ten-thousand-year-old Mutated Spirit Beast, a Fox-Spider, lunged at Lu Yuan. It had a foxlike head, but instead of four limbs, its body bore sixteen long, spindly spider legs.

Lu Yuan raised his hand and spread his palm.

A burst of energy slammed into the Fox-Spider, sending it flying backward. It screamed in midair.

"Roar!"

The Fox-Spider hit the ground and skidded several meters before falling still. It was dead.

As Lu Yuan was now, even someone at level 99 could not injure him.

A ten-thousand-year-old Fox-Spider stood even less chance, though Mutated Spirit Beasts were fiercer and struck harder than ordinary Spirit Beasts.

To Lu Yuan, it was still no more than an ant.

Just as before, the ten-thousand-year-old Mutated Spirit Beasts around him were utterly cowed. Not one dared step forward to attack Lu Yuan.

They let out low whimpers and slowly backed away.

A vast empty space opened around Big Luck, Lu Yuan, and the scorpion king before him.

Not a single Mutated Spirit Beast dared take another step closer!

Lu Yuan walked up to the rubble and swept out a hand.

The stones scattered to either side.

The Earth-Splitting Demon Scorpion King's corpse lay before him.

He pressed a hand against it. A savage force surged into his body through his Soul Power, more terrifying than anything he had felt while absorbing his previous Spirit Rings!

"Urgh!!!"

Lu Yuan's pupils contracted. The savage power battered his entire body, splitting his skin inch by inch until blood seeped out.

Blood poured from his nose, eyes, mouth, and every other opening on his face.

But Lu Yuan's formidable recovery quickly scabbed over the wounds. When they split again, they scabbed over again!!!

The power of both his Spirit Bones erupted at the same time.

Streams of dark red and earthen-yellow light flashed in turn.

They helped him withstand the terrifying assault, powerful enough to tear apart his meridians and even his heart!

"Refine... for me!"

Lu Yuan gritted his teeth so hard that blood seeped from his gums.

He drove the Chaos Origin Returning Heart Method to its limit!

Five full minutes passed.

"Hum!"

A dazzling dark-gold Spirit Ring slowly rose from beneath his feet.

Its color was deeper than that of a hundred-thousand-year ring but slightly lighter than a million-year ring, and it carried a suffocating weight!

A Six-Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring!

On the city wall, everyone stared, jaws slack and scalps prickling. Not one of them could speak.

Hollanders, the Soul Douluo who had cursed him the loudest, dropped his weapon with a clang. It landed on his foot.

He did not seem to notice. He could only stare at Lu Yuan in the distance.

He gazed at the dark-gold ring, his lips trembling, unable to force out a word.

And Tang San.

Unwilling disbelief flickered in Tang San's eyes. He clenched his fists. "No, that's wrong. He came here to die. How did he kill the Earth-Splitting Demon Scorpion King... This is wrong..."

And Yu Xiaogang.

Yu Xiaogang's hands trembled. He tried to speak, but could only stammer, "Impossible... Impossible..."

Master and disciple were both on the verge of losing their minds...

Lu Yuan fully absorbed the dark-gold Spirit Ring.

The moment the ring vanished, Lu Yuan slowly opened his eyes.

Blood covered him, and his clothes were soaked through with it.

But Lu Yuan's eyes shone with startling brightness.

His fifth Spirit Ring.

Six hundred thousand years.

Lu Yuan breathed out and could not help clenching his hands.

He felt a power within him several times greater than before.

Delight filled his eyes, and he broke into a grin.

"That felt good!"