An Ming said, "Your name is Lin Yue!"
"That's right, yours truly!" Lin Yue replied, utterly unconcerned!
"Damn him! Doesn't he know who he's facing? If he had a better attitude, we might leave his corpse intact. With an attitude like that, we have to deny him rebirth for all eternity!" a young prodigy of the Foreign Realm snarled at Lin Yue!
An Ming said, "A few years ago, a member of my clan named An Zhuo was killed by you, wasn't he?"
Everyone was startled. So Lin Yue had killed someone from a Foreign Realm Emperor Clan years ago. As expected of Lord Lin Yue!
Lin Yue said, "Oh, yes! I was going to spare him at the time, but then my mood soured, so I slaughtered him!"
"Good! Good! Good!"
An Ming laughed in his fury, then turned to Yan Luo. "Brother Yan, can you leave this man's primordial spirit to me?"
Yan Luo said, "Certainly. I only want his head! Are you going to fight him?"
An Ming said, "Of course. How could I not avenge my own younger brother?"
Chi Xie looked at Lin Yue in the arena. "So you're the leader on the Nine Heavens' side! Impressive indeed, provoking so many people at once. You don't see that often!"
Lin Yue said, "Heh, I'm a peace-loving man by nature. Unfortunately, some dogs barged into my home, so I had no choice but to pick up a stick and drive them out! Wouldn't you agree?"
"Hahahahaha!" Chi Xie laughed savagely!
"Interesting! You think we're dogs?"
Lin Yue said, "Is there a difference?"
"This insult goes too far! My lords, please kill him!"
Chapter 22: A Fierce Battle
"Hmph! Enough talk! Come up here and die!"
With that, An Ming raised his war spear and flew into the void above.
The other three likewise flew into the sky. Their battle was bound to unleash Extreme Dao shockwaves, and not merely once or twice. Without an Extreme Dao expert protecting those below, they might catch their own people in the blast!
"They're gone!"
Someone from the Nine Heavens spoke in a hushed voice!
"Yes, yes! They really left!"
"Lord Lin Yue, why are you standing there in a daze? Hurry and run! Forget those idiots! While the green hills remain, you'll never lack firewood!"
Seeing all four opponents fly into the void together, the Nine Heavens' crowd recovered at once and hurriedly waved for Lin Yue to flee!
Faced with four peerless scions of Emperor Clans, no one from the Nine Heavens thought Lin Yue could win. Besides, his opponents might not fight him one at a time!
"Exactly! Every time those Foreign Realm bastards agree to a duel, they end up ganging up on their opponent!"
"Have his legs gone weak? Can't he move? Let's go help him and carry him back. We have to be quick!"
Someone spoke in a low voice.
And after saying it, some people actually started running toward him!
"You lot!"
Lin Yue laughed in exasperation. These fellows truly left him speechless. One moment, they were cheering him on, declaring his valor unrivaled, his talent unparalleled, and his potential worthy of an Immortal Dao king. The next, they were afraid he would be surrounded and killed, and urged him to run! What a thoroughly qualified bunch of layabouts and spectators!
"Are you scared, boy? Haha!"
"That's only natural. There's no shame in backing down before these lords! You can survive if you learn to bark like a dog!" a Supreme of the Foreign Realm jeered at Lin Yue!
Run? Where could I run? The Nine Heavens already stood on the brink of falling completely. Only by slaughtering a path to a clear, radiant world and cleaving open a desperate road forward could the Nine Heavens find a way out!
Lin Yue glanced around. Apart from the people of the Foreign Realm, countless others were watching him. Their eyes held admiration, worry, and hope, as well as concern, wishing he would retreat!
These were his lovable idiot comrades of the Immortal Ancient.
"What an adorable bunch! How could I not fight to the death?"
"Everyone, cheer me on and watch me slay the enemy! Let the might of the Nine Heavens ring out!"
With that, Lin Yue flew into the sky!
Later generations called this battle of Lin Yue's the battle that marked the Heavenly Emperor's rise! For on this day, the Heavenly Emperor turned his back to his comrades of the Nine Heavens and stepped onto the path of invincibility!
High in the sky, precious blood cast multicolored divine radiance, and countless phenomena manifested.
An Ming was now drenched in blood. The precious blood dripping from him pierced many stars in the heavens. His expression was grave, and his numbed hands could barely hold his war spear!
Their battle shattered stars, split chaos, and robbed the sun and moon of their light! This was no mere figure of speech; the sun, moon, and stars were truly being struck down.
Every blow stirred Extreme Dao shockwaves, and the energy of their battle alone could burst the divine bodies of those in the Escape One Realm!
Meanwhile, blood energy surged from Lin Yue like a god of war. Three strands of immortal qi coursed throughout his body, his divine power fully unleashed. Every blow stirred Extreme Dao shockwaves as though delivered by an Extreme Dao expert. His black battle robes were already torn, and his opponent's war spear had wounded him in many places!
"Die, boy!"
The golden war spear pierced the void once more. Extreme Dao divine marks coiled around it, and even Lin Yue dared not be careless!
"Profound Yin Sword! Unleash!"
Fluctuations of all-devouring indestructible divine runes surged over the Black-Gold Long Sword as he slashed! The stars in the sky had their vitality devoured and lost their light! His opponent's divine marks were likewise devoured, unable to take shape.
An Ming was driven back again. Before he could recover, Lin Yue slashed once more, bringing down extreme dao divine power with a force field that warped space. An Ming's face turned ashen! How could such a monster exist? After fighting for so long, his invincible force field was only growing stronger. It defied all reason and understanding!
Even Chi Xie, who had been watching from the sidelines for some time, was startled!
"This man is extraordinarily powerful. His physical body is terrifying. Mine is no match for his!"
The Red-Clothed Woman spoke, acknowledging her opponent's strength!
"Indeed. His flesh rivals that of the Heavenly Horned Ant Clan! I wonder what bizarre ancient seed he fused with. I'm very interested in him!"
Yan Luo said, "An Ming is going to lose!"
"Come, Lin Yue! I'll send you to Rebirth!" An Ming called Lin Yue by his true name. This was an opponent worth remembering!
Behind An Ming, an invincible silhouette descended. An Lan's ancestral technique took shape, and a golden war spear bearing the imprint of an unparalleled king pressed its might upon the universe. Many battling Extreme Dao experts turned to look!
For this man of the Foreign Realm was truly terrifying, capable of delivering an Extreme Dao strike without having entered the Extreme Dao!
"Hmph! A king's invincibility is real enough, but unfortunately, you're no king. You're only a fox borrowing a tiger's might! It means nothing to me!"
"Life-Less Yin-Yang Sword!"
Sever yin and yang, cleave all things!
One sword left no life!
Stars were pierced by the war spear and shattered by the sword light alike! Each man's divine ability shattered the other's attack!
"Ah! Impossible! How could the divine ability of our An Lan clan fail like this?" An Ming roared. Unable to believe that even his ancestral technique had proved useless, he lost his composure!
Lin Yue was equally surprised. Even the indestructible divine runes within his Life-Less Yin-Yang Sword had been torn apart by that absolute power! His opponent's kingly ancestral technique was formidable indeed. As expected of an Immortal King's divine ability, it was terrifyingly powerful!
But it wasn't over yet.
"Profound Yang Sword! Cleave!" Unlike the Profound Yin Sword, which devoured all things, the Profound Yang Sword shone across eternity like blazing celestial radiance, sweeping away every demon and lurking fiend!
As another streak of sword light swept toward him, An Ming still failed to recover. However, Lin Yue's sword was blocked by a battle halberd. Yan Luo, who had been watching, finally intervened.
Feeling the extreme dao divine power evolving within the sword light and the blazing secret art that bore the laws of light and swept everything away, Yan Luo finally understood his opponent's strength. This was an unparalleled foe! No wonder An Ming had lost!
"You disgrace yourself, An Ming!"
The woman gave a sharp shout. Their clans had been friends for generations, and she could not bear to watch someone so gifted descend into such madness!
As she spoke, keen sword light slashed out, forming a three-pronged assault!
Jolted by her shout, An Ming gradually regained his calm and drew a deep breath!
"I... I lost my composure!"
In mere moments, he adjusted his condition, and even his state of mind began to rise to a new level. This was a true peerless prodigy!
"Oh! Starting already? I thought you'd watch a little longer!"
Lin Yue spoke mockingly!
Yan Luo said, "What a crude attempt to provoke us. Lin Yue, you're strong enough to deserve a place in our memories, but this is war. Your realm's Immortal King Wuzhong, Reincarnation Immortal King, and the others were strong enough, yet even after reaching their full power, weren't they surrounded and killed? Today, you won't escape that fate either!"
"Fight!" the Red-Clothed Woman declared, taking the lead and slashing with her longsword!
The other two moved at the same time!
Three peerless Emperor Clan scions besieged Lin Yue. Even with his strength, he dared not meet their combined edge head-on!
The woman's keen sword light drove back all things. Unlike Lin Yue's killing power pushed to its utmost, hers was the sword intent of heaven and earth, descending with the Great Dao of the Foreign Realm! It was a sword of the Heavenly Dao, its blazing heavenly might unmatched throughout the world!
The man named Yan Luo was even stronger than An Ming. His every movement already possessed the might of the Extreme Dao! His long halberd thrust forth like a divine dragon charging at him!
The four fought until the universe crumbled. Lin Yue fully unleashed the power of his flesh, his divine power unrivaled. The surrounding force field formed an enormous vortex domain with him at its center, drawing stars toward it as he grew fiercer with every exchange.
No sooner had he dodged two spear thrusts than he had to block two sword strikes. Although An Ming was no longer in his best condition, Lin Yue absolutely dared not grow careless. His wounds multiplied, and precious blood shining with Extreme Dao radiance dripped down, piercing the earth!
Many of the Nine Heavens' spectators watched the battle overhead with bitter frustration. Some wept, and some sighed! They could not intervene in a battle of this level! The Nine Heavens had few Immortal Kings, and too many of their children had been surrounded and killed. Their ranks had withered!
"Once again, a prodigy of our realm is being besieged, yet we can do nothing! Must we watch helplessly as they wither one after another?"
An old man spoke. He was a half-step Extreme Dao expert, but sadly, he fell far short of Lin Yue and the others!
"Colorless Yin-Yang Sword Realm! Rise!"
Throughout the heavens, with Lin Yue at their center, one towering sword after another manifested, bearing supreme killing intent. As Lin Yue raised his hand, they swept forth to slaughter!
"Heaven-Opening Sword!"
The Red-Clothed Woman unleashed an unparalleled killing strike, and the supreme sword formation manifested by the Great Dao began to collapse!
"World-Destroying Dao of Slaughter!"
"God-Slaughter Strike! It's over, Lin Yue!"
An Ming and Yan Luo attacked simultaneously as well. The three supreme ancient arts annihilated and slaughtered, each delivering an Extreme Dao strike! Everyone from the Foreign Realm and the Nine Heavens felt their hearts leap into their throats. One side prepared to cheer; the other was truly afraid!
"Hmph! Azure Yang, Profound Calamity! Nether Yin Pure Land! Yin and yang of the Great Dao, heed my command! Great Yin-Yang Chengli Sword Qi!"
Behind Lin Yue, a black figure and a white figure simultaneously slashed with their ancient swords, one black and one white. At that moment, the yin and yang of heaven and earth began to fall into disorder. For the first time since becoming a Supreme One with the Dao, Lin Yue unleashed his strongest secret art at full power!
Sword light blazed above the Nine Heavens, more powerful even than the attacks of invincible Extreme Dao experts. Wherever it passed, stars shattered and the Great Dao fell into chaos. The three Extreme Dao strikes were extinguished beneath this divine ability!
Chapter 23: Crisis
"Hmph! Sword Disrupts Yin and Yang!"
Taking advantage of the three opponents' distraction, Lin Yue slashed!
Caught off guard, all three were driven back!
"Life-Less Yin-Yang Sword!"
Another slash followed. Lin Yue's sword, its killing power pushed to the utmost, cut toward Yan Luo. He was determined to kill the strongest of them first!
At that critical instant, a figure appeared before the three, seemingly ignoring the distance through the void. Facing Lin Yue's sword light, he pushed both palms forward. Strange true runes circled his hands, directly blocking Lin Yue's peerless killing slash!
"The years turn! Time erodes!"
Lin Yue's Life-Severing Sword actually began to fade, then vanished, as though worn away by time!
The red-haired youth who had been watching all along had finally stepped forward and blocked Lin Yue's sword!
The three behind him breathed sighs of relief. That had been far too close. They had never imagined that their combined strength would still fall short of their opponent's. Moreover, his physical body was truly monstrous. They had exerted all their strength only to leave a few cuts on him!
Looking at the man named Chi Xie, Lin Yue spoke gravely. "A terrifying divine ability. You use the power of time to wear away every technique and true rune!"
Chi Xie said, "You're very strong. Your Dao fruit is unified into a seamless whole, comparable to an Extreme Dao expert's! It makes me envious. This isn't your true strength, is it?"
"What? After fighting to this extent, he still hasn't used his full power?"
The Red-Clothed Woman cried out in disbelief! Why would he rather be wounded than fight at full strength? Could it be because of Chi Xie?
"Is he a reincarnated king? I've heard of supreme kings who cut away their own cultivation and personally entered reincarnation to seek the secret of becoming an emperor! Could we truly have encountered one?"
Yan Luo spoke, his trembling voice and streaming cold sweat betraying the loss of his composure! It was as though he had encountered something terrifying!
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