"Hmph! As an invader, you dress up such shameless words in such lofty rhetoric. Have you no shame? If you want to speak of karma, your invasion is the cause, and your death and destruction will be the effect!" Another voice rang out from the void.
"What a pity! I fear no karma. Even heaven's ordained fate lies within a single thought of mine. What does it matter if karma falls upon me?"
At that moment, everyone saw a figure seemingly swimming out of the void. Yes, swimming-the intangible void rippled like an ocean.
The figure moved so swiftly that only divine sense could perceive her, leaving nothing more than an impression. At times she resembled a fish, at others she transformed into a great peng. She was impossible to track, for she was simply too fast. This was the supreme speed of legend, stirring ripples through time.
Only when the approaching figure stopped did people sense her presence, though they could make out only the vague outline of her shapely body. Her close-fitting battle armor only heightened her beauty! A battle halberd in her right hand radiated oppressive might. Merely resting in her grasp, it naturally suppressed the void!
"It's Fellow Daoist Kunpeng!"
"Is this one of the supreme figures of our Nine Heavens, an unrivaled immortal being ranked among the Ten Fiends?"
"A lady immortal?"
"Yes! I can sense that much!"
Looking at the woman who had stopped nearby, Lin Yue understood as well!
Kunpeng?
"Damn it, their king has descended! Lord Lin Yue should flee first!"
Against an Immortal King, no matter how peerless Lin Yue's talent might be, none of the Nine Heavens cultivators believed he could win. This was a sovereign no weaker than an Immortal King of their own!
The Nine Heavens cultivators began to worry. This was an Immortal King, after all, a sovereign of heaven and earth! With no kings of the Nine Heavens appearing now, who could stop him?
Chapter 52: Joining Forces Against a King
"Are you our realm's newly ascended True Immortal? What a terrifying physical body. It is even stronger than that Heavenly Horned Ant senior's was back then, and surpasses that of ordinary kings. Unimaginable."
The Kunpeng Woman spoke. Seeing someone whose physical body rivaled the Ten Fiends as soon as she arrived, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief!
When Lin Yue had attacked earlier, she had sensed his divine strength, more terrifying even than that of the Heavenly Horned Ant Clan. Coupled with his king-level body, the two of them together might well be able to face this battle head-on!
One should not dismiss kings simply because the Ten Fiends could fight them. Apart from the True Dragon, their ability to contend with kings actually came from their extraordinarily unique innate gifts.
Most of the current Ten Fiends could be called masters of a single specialty. In certain fields, they rivaled kings or even surpassed them! Moreover, their physical bodies were indeed king-level!
The Heavenly Horned Ant possessed divine strength greater than a king's, while ordinary kings could not match Kunpeng's speed. In battle, she did not even need to deliberately dodge. Most divine abilities could not catch her movements as she fought. This was speed that touched time itself!
With their innate gifts, they could skirmish with kings and even gain an advantage to some degree! There had been rumors that Kunpeng was surrounded and hunted, yet she had appeared here now. That meant her pursuers had either died or been shaken off!
But when retreat was impossible, when one had to face these unrivaled kings head-on, their terror became clear. Unless one broke through amid battle, one would almost always be ground into oblivion in the end! Though it might take a long time, death and destruction would still be the ultimate outcome!
"My name is Lin Yue. Greetings, Fellow Daoist Kunpeng!"
After speaking, Lin Yue stared once more at the Rotten Wooden Box in the deep pit.
Now he was utterly certain that the box must contain a sealed portion of that person's body and primordial spirit! Yes, the comic relief running through all of ancient history-Emperor Bone Brother! Otherwise, these kings of the Foreign Realm would not have fought so stubbornly here under darkness's influence.
"What is that box?"
The Kunpeng Woman asked. Having just arrived without knowing the reason, she had merely acted on instinct!
"Something very important. To the Foreign Realm, it may be even more important!"
"Then it seems this battle cannot be avoided."
"Yes. If they obtain it now, heaven and earth will be overturned!"
"Now...?"
"Yes. That won't be the case later."
Because when that time comes, I will act. Those were the words in Lin Yue's heart.
"In that case, we can only face this battle head-on!"
Lin Yue looked behind him and warned the Nine Heavens cultivators. What followed would be a battle against a king. He would have no time to protect them as he had before!
"Two ants. Perfect. Today, I will root out all future trouble!"
"King! King! King! Immortal King!"
Everyone from the Foreign Realm cheered!
Immortal King Uya's kingly domain pressed down from the firmament. His terrifying aura overwhelmed the cosmos, targeting not only Lin Yue and the Kunpeng Woman but also the cultivators of the Nine Heavens and the Immortal Domain!
"Hmph, shameless indeed!"
The Kunpeng Woman unleashed her aura, directly blocking his kingly might. Unfortunately, only her physical body had reached the king level. Being unharmed herself did not mean the other Nine Heavens cultivators could withstand it. This pressure originated from a king-realm primordial spirit, and considerable traces of his aura still surged toward the Nine Heavens side!
Even this scattered aura made every being below the Immortal Dao tremble. Facing a king's might was no laughing matter!
"Suppress it!"
Lin Yue summoned his Martial Dao Divine Infant. Its heaven-reaching Dharma Form was no weaker than a king, and its formidable Martial Dao True Intent resembled a blazing solar furnace as it resisted the Immortal King's domain! Only then were those behind him spared the suffering of that kingly might!
"Lord Lin Yue is peerless beneath the heavens!"
"Lord Lin Yue will surely surpass his predecessors and shake past and present!"
The Nine Heavens cultivators had suffered under the Foreign Realm's kings for far too long!
Seeing Lin Yue soar into the sky, the Kunpeng Woman followed closely. The Heavenly Desolation battle halberd in her hand slashed out as she too attacked the firmament!
The battle against a king had begun!
Immortal King Uya unleashed the full might of an Immortal King. Seeing Lin Yue slash toward him, he flew into a rage!
"A mere ant! You refuse to bow before a king and even dare bare your claws and fangs! Your name is already on the stele of reincarnation!"
A black iron serpent spear swept forth. The void split, and chaos surged out. Countless stars were struck and hurled straight toward them! They blotted out the sky, engulfing Lin Yue along with the serpent spear!
This was a world-destroying strike. Who would dare confront its edge?
"An Immortal King? Life-Less Yin-Yang Sword! Sever yin and yang, cleave all things!"
Behind Lin Yue, the heaven-reaching Dharma Form likewise unleashed a heaven-reaching sword light. Terrifying divine strength accompanied the Life-Severing Sword, cleaving through the countless incoming stars and crashing into the enemy's serpent spear!
The greatest sound was soundless; the greatest form was formless!
The stars Lin Yue had split slowly turned to ash, while the energy of their clash vanished into the river of time!
"Who is fighting?"
"What a terrifying sword art, what dreadful sword intent! Whose technique is this?"
"No king-level divine soul, merely physical divine strength developed to its utmost. Remarkable!"
Above the firmament, the river of time manifested, drawn forth by the clash, and several voices rang out! They did not belong to this era! Their slaughtering strikes had reached such extremes that they connected with the river of time. Were people peering through it to observe this battle?
Immortal King Uya was driven backward, blood spilling from his kingly body!
"Ah! The king was sent flying! How is that possible?"
"Such divine strength-is he a Heavenly Horned Ant?"
"This strength... damn it, another ant? Didn't we already kill that one in the battle back then?"
Before Uya could react, the Kunpeng Woman's Heavenly Desolation War Halberd had already arrived. Its cold gleam flashed across the firmament as it plunged straight into his chest!
The Immortal King's precious blood dripped down, directly smashing stars apart. The sight stunned everyone. No one had imagined anything like this could happen. An Immortal King had descended, only to be sent flying on the first exchange by someone outside the king realm. It was shocking beyond belief.
"Ah...! Damn you! You all deserve to die!"
The Kunpeng Woman had initially been startled. She had thought Lin Yue would withstand the attack head-on and give her an opening to strike. She had never expected him to send an Immortal King flying with a single sword strike. He was even more terrifying than the old Heavenly Horned Ant!
"Kill!"
The serpent spear thrust out toward the Kunpeng Woman, but Lin Yue blocked Uya's furious strike. The Heavenly Desolation War Halberd wounded his back again!
"Ah! A pack of rats! I will deny you rebirth for all eternity!"
Lin Yue and the Kunpeng Woman surrounded Uya from front and back! Though the Immortal King was immensely powerful, he held no advantage against two Ten Fiends-level experts, especially when both were so incredibly fast!
More and more wounds spilled precious blood from his body, driving him to the brink of madness!
"Damn you, damn you! You all deserve to die!"
The serpent spear in his hand swept across the eight wildernesses, obliterating countless stars. Yet it was useless. The Kunpeng Method was famed for the greatest speed in the world. In the hands of the woman who was herself Kunpeng, it was like a fish returned to water. Even a king's attacks could not hit her!
Meanwhile, Lin Yue's Yin-Yang Reversal Step Method was almost more terrifying than Kunpeng's supreme speed. Speed was power! Combined with his invincible divine strength, it had allowed Lin Yue to inflict most of the wounds on Uya!
Astonishment repeatedly flashed through the Kunpeng Woman's beautiful eyes as she watched Lin Yue. His peerless divine strength had already been extraordinary enough, yet his speed was actually a fraction greater than Kunpeng's! Indeed, another unrivaled king was rising!
The Foreign Realm stood dumbfounded. When their arrogant, all-powerful king descended, they had believed victory was assured and that the nightmare Lin Yue had brought them would be swept away!
Instead, Lin Yue had stopped him and even wounded him. Now their nightmare deepened further, like an inner demon!
"I am an Immortal King! Who can kill me?"
Uya's face twisted hideously as he teetered on the brink of madness!
Lin Yue felt no satisfaction. Even after being slashed into such a state, the Immortal King remained this terrifying. His divine energy was inexhaustible, showing no sign of weakening! Some wounds were even healing rapidly!
Indeed, killing an Immortal King was far too difficult. Had he been a Quasi-King, he would have been hacked apart long ago!
The Kunpeng Woman also noticed the problem. At this rate, they could never kill him and might even be worn down to death themselves! Such was the terror of an Immortal King!
Chapter 53: Beast King
"We must find a way to wear away his divine energy. Otherwise, we will be the ones who die in the end!"
The Kunpeng Woman transmitted her voice. She had witnessed an Immortal King's terrifying regenerative power before!
"Martial Dao Divine Infant, suppress him!"
As Lin Yue spoke, two figures manifested from his Spiritual Platform, one black and one white.
Three heaven-reaching Dharma Forms surrounded Immortal King Uya. Golden, black, and white light-three mysterious radiances-began spreading, cutting off every Great Dao!
At the same time, they suppressed the entire void: past, present, and future. Time itself could no longer leave an imprint here. The ages began to lose their way, heaven and earth inverted, and yin and yang fell into chaos! It was as though something uncanny had descended!
The Kunpeng Woman shuddered, sensing the same thing. She could no longer perceive the divine energy of heaven and earth, and even the Great Dao was in disorder. The three of them seemed to stand outside ancient history! Too terrifying, too heaven-defying! Across the ages, no one had ever seen such a secret art!
Fortunately, he belonged to the Nine Heavens! Had he been an enemy, this would have been a catastrophe!
Immortal King Uya also sensed the anomaly. He could no longer absorb the divine energy of heaven and earth. That was terrifying! It was as though an invisible cage had trapped him in this stretch of void.
"Profound Yin Sword, rise!"
At Lin Yue's command, incomparably eerie black vapor rose from the Black Sword. Like tentacles, it writhed madly, seemingly alive!
"Slash!"
With the Yin-Yang Reversal beneath his feet, Lin Yue crossed through time and struck the frenzied Uya with his sword!
"Ah...!"
Uya wildly brandished his serpent spear, piercing the void and churning time! The eerie black vapor of extreme yin devoured the Immortal King's vitality.
Now!
"Great Yin-Yang Chengli Sword! Die!"
Boundless divine strength fused with the true intent of extreme yang to break through all that had form, while the terrifying true intent of extreme yin severed every formless spirit! Beneath this sword strike, heaven and earth split into black and white!
Unable to absorb divine energy, Uya once again faced Lin Yue's supreme secret art that slaughtered primordial spirits. His serpent spear broke in two, and the strike made him vomit blood. Multicolored immortal king blood painted the firmament in brilliant hues. His primordial spirit suffered considerable damage.
This was an internal injury! Unfortunately, even such a terrifying sword strike could inflict only limited damage on a king. The Great Yin-Yang Chengli Sword Qi was already sufficiently heaven-defying, but it still could not slay a king.
The Kunpeng Woman drove her Heavenly Desolation War Halberd straight into his back!
"Ah...! Die? Impossible! I am a king! Who can kill me?"
"Roar...!"
His near-mad shriek suddenly became a roar. The terrifying sound resounded throughout Great Red Heaven, shattering countless stars. This was neither a divine ability nor a precious art, but the most primal cry of a living creature!
Immortal King Uya revealed his true form!
He was an enormous beast that towered into the heavens! Black scales covered his entire body like battle armor, while eerie blue patterns wound around him! His vast, blood-red maw seemed capable of swallowing the firmament! His savage bestial might made souls tremble!
After Uya revealed his true form, every wound on his body healed. He was drawing upon the life essence of his true form to heal himself.
A cornered beast's last struggle?
With an earth-shaking roar, a gigantic claw slammed straight toward the Kunpeng Woman, so fast that even Kunpeng's supreme speed could not evade it.
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