The underground furnace of the Duke's Residence seemed to have found its only pillar of support the moment it appeared in the Wang Du.
That ancient, ferocious power, powerful enough to crush Heaven Realm, was forcefully blocked by him alone with his sword, keeping it three feet away.
"You, leave this place."
Wang Du had his back to everyone, his voice calm yet carrying an unquestionable tone of command.
"Leave this guy to me."
"Yes, sir!"
Commander Liu, Ding Gui, and the others felt as if they had been granted a pardon. They struggled to their feet and bowed deeply to Wang Du's retreating figure.
Without the slightest hesitation, and not even daring to glance at the still-beating heart, he helped his seriously injured companion and retreated as quickly as possible back the way they had come.
Abbot Yuanxin also clasped his hands together, bowed deeply to Wang Du's retreating figure, his face filled with shame and gratitude, and left with the others.
In the blink of an eye, only Su Yu and Wang Du remained in the arena.
Su Yu did not move.
His gaze calmly fell on the not-so-robust figure in the Wang Du.
[His aura is unstable, his foundation is damaged; that lightning strike just now likely affected his very essence.]
Right now, it's just a matter of putting on a brave face.
A cold judgment flashed through Su Yu's mind in an instant.
Wang Du seemed to notice his lingering and spoke without turning his head, his tone carrying a hint of impatience.
"What, do I have to escort you away?"
"Senior, your condition..."
Su Yu's words were concise and to the point.
"Kid."
Wang Du finally turned halfway around, a half-smile creeping onto his ordinary face. "Don't underestimate me."
He looked Su Yu up and down, his gaze lingering on the lingering aura of Buddhist and demonic influence on him, his expression complex.
"Even if I were on my last breath, I wouldn't let this cowardly coward try to scam me."
"You've done enough. The rest of the show is not for you to get involved in."
"Leave here, head to the east gate, and stabilize the situation. Qing Province cannot be allowed to fall into chaos."
Having said that, Su Yu stopped insisting.
He wasn't a pretentious person; he was well aware of the Wang Du's situation, but he also saw the other party's pride and sense of responsibility.
More importantly, the power of the [ Blood Wisdom King Manifestation ] within him is rapidly fading, and the Buddhist essence of the [ Golden Body Bodhi ] has also been exhausted, truly reaching its limit. Staying might really become a burden.
"Yes."
Su Yu clasped his hands in a salute, said nothing more, and turned to follow the main group.
Watching Su Yu's figure completely disappear around the corner of the passage, Wang Du's feigned relaxed demeanor slowly faded.
He turned back to look at the giant heart that was beating more and more violently, his eyes as solemn as iron.
"Puff."
A mouthful of blood, which he couldn't suppress, spilled from the corner of his mouth, which he wiped away without making a sound.
The fierce battle with the tree demon at the Heaven Realm Fifth Level had already left him exhausted. The lightning strike he had just unleashed only made matters worse.
"Old man, he's really holding up."
In the passageway, Su Yu paused slightly, as if he had eyes in the back of his head, and muttered something to himself.
Just as he was about to step out of the underground space, the Wang Du moved.
Instead of rushing towards the heart immediately, he flipped his hand and took out a palm-sized, specially made container from an unknown type of cold jade from his storage ring.
Upon opening the jade box, an extremely pure aura of thunder instantly dissipated.
Inside the container, three water droplets lay quietly.
That wasn't water, but... compressed to the extreme, liquefied golden lightning!
Each drop seemed to contain a Thunder Prison, radiating terrifying fluctuations that could make even the souls of the Earth Realm experts tremble.
"Luckily, I was too impulsive back then and managed to snatch these few drops of ' Primordial Thunder Marrow ' from that old bastard."
Wang Du looked at the jade box, a hint of heartache flashing across his face, which quickly turned into resolute determination.
"Otherwise, Qing Province would have truly turned upside down today."
Without the slightest hesitation, he picked up a drop of golden thunder marrow with his fingers and swallowed it directly.
boom!!!
The moment the Thunder Marrow entered his abdomen, the already depleted meridians of the Wang Du were like a dried-up riverbed being filled with the waters of the Milky Way from the heavens!
His previously hunched body suddenly straightened, and his listless aura surged wildly at an alarming rate, instantly returning to its peak, or even surpassing it!
"You wretched creature! Come out and face your death!"
With a roar, Wang Du's figure transformed into a golden thunder dragon that pierced the heavens and earth, carrying unparalleled power as he charged towards the giant heart!
Duke's Residence.
Su Yu had just stepped out of the area shrouded in the blood-red curtain.
The stench of blood still lingered on the long street as Ding Gui led the last batch of the City Guard Army, escorting the civilians away.
Seeing Su Yu walk out unharmed, Ding Gui and the others burst into wild joy.
"My lord! You..."
He was just about to step forward to report the situation.
A sudden and unexpected change has occurred!
Crackle crackle--!!!
A deafening roar of thunder, seemingly capable of tearing the entire sky apart, suddenly erupted from the Duke's Residence behind them without warning!
Everyone turned around in horror.
The Duke's Residence, which covered thousands of acres and was originally shrouded in blood mist, had now been completely transformed into a golden ocean of lightning!
Endless golden lightning erupted from every inch of the mansion, soaring into the sky and forming a massive lightning pillar hundreds of feet thick, piercing through heaven and earth!
The terrifying power of lightning raged wildly, scorching and distorting the very space around it, causing it to collapse. The once invincible blood mist was instantly evaporated and purified like thin paper before this sea of lightning, leaving not even a trace.
Even from miles away, everyone could still feel that destructive power, which made their skin sting and their souls tremble.
"This... this is the power of the Wang Du?"
Ding Gui looked up at the miraculous sea of thunder, his voice hoarse, his Adam's apple bobbing laboriously.
Is this the true power of the Demon Suppression Envoy Qing Province?
Simply... like a god!
Everyone was awestruck by the divine power of the Wang Du.
Only Su Yu's brows were tightly furrowed.
His gaze was fixed on the center of the sea of lightning. Amidst the raging energy, he could still sense another Sha Qi, no less powerful, and perhaps even colder and more eerie, colliding with it.
The battle has only just begun.
The Wang Du, however, used a near-self-destructive method of eruption.
He had a feeling that after this battle, Wang Du would most likely need to recuperate for a period of time.