The Immortal Emperor's Lingering Might, Two Formidable Powers Clash
Under a dark red starry sky.
No... no!
The ecstasy in Zixiao's eyes was instantly replaced by extreme fear!
He desperately tried to retreat, attempting to activate the Great Dao within his body, only to find himself completely imprisoned by that terrifying deathly aura, unable even to move a finger.
"Senior! I was wrong! I don't want the inheritance anymore! Please spare me..."
"Pfft!"
There was not a shred of pity.
The hand covered in livid spots easily pierced through Zixiao's chest.
"Well..."
Zixiao opened her mouth wide, blood gushing out, her Vitality rapidly slipping away.
Just as he was dying, he caught a glimpse of a blue figure slowly emerging from the Xukong void.
At this moment, seeing that there were still people coming to their deaths, Zixiao felt a twisted sense of pleasure.
"Cough cough... You... can't escape either..."
"This is... Immortal Emperor's corpse puppet... You... are doomed..."
He breathed his last, filled with resentment towards the world.
Dongfang Yueming didn't even glance at the corpse on the ground; his gaze remained fixed on the tall, stiff corpse puppet the entire time.
"The remains of Immortal Emperor?"
A hint of surprise flashed in Dongfang Yueming's eyes, and then, an unprecedented fighting spirit surged up from the bottom of his heart!
"Buzz--!"
Sensing the presence of a living person, the Immortal Emperor's corpse puppet slowly turned its head.
His empty eyes stared intently at Dongfang Yueming, and a terrifying pressure, far surpassing that of immortals Immortal Saint and capable of causing countless wails, pressed down upon him as if it were a tangible force!
This physical body was an unparalleled immortal body forged from twenty-three pieces of ninth-grade immortal gold during its lifetime! Even after death, when the laws dissipated, the strength and instincts of this physical body alone were enough to crush any Immortal Saint!
"Hmm..."
The corpse puppet let out a low growl.
It was simply a matter of throwing a punch!
"Boom--!!!"
This punch created a vacuum channel!
Wherever the fist passed, the floating meteorites along the way didn't even have a chance to explode; they were instantly reduced to dust by the absolute force!
Faced with this earth-shattering punch, Dongfang Yueming did not back down.
He took a deep breath, and his eyes flashed with dazzling golden light!
"Good timing!"
"Let me see whether your ninth-tier Immortal Golden Body is stronger, or my [Origin Immortal Physique]!"
"Bang--!"
Dongfang Yueming also unleashed a punch!
Two fists, one large and one small, collided violently in mid-air!
"Buzz--!!!"
There was no deafening roar.
A terrifying circular shockwave, centered on the two individuals, instantly swept across the Xukong for millions of miles!
The surrounding space was like a lake surface tossed with pebbles, rippling wildly, and even large areas of space collapsed!
"It... it blocked it?!"
If Zixiao, who was already dead, could still open her eyes, she would probably be so frightened by this scene that she would die again.
The young man who he thought was "certain to die" actually managed to withstand the full force of the Immortal Emperor's corpse puppet's punch!
and...
Not an inch retreated!
"Click click click--"
A piercing friction sound erupted where the two fists collided.
"Great, that's powerful!"
Dongfang Yueming grinned, his fighting spirit intensifying.
Meanwhile, a rare look of astonishment appeared in the empty eyes of the Immortal Emperor's corpse puppet opposite them.
Its remaining shred of instinct seemed unable to comprehend why this living person could physically contend with it.
"Hmm..."
The death energy within the corpse puppet surged, and a faint trace of clarity seemed to struggle to awaken again, but it was quickly overwhelmed once more by an even more ferocious killing instinct.
"Boom!"
The corpse puppet retracted its fist, and its other hand transformed into a claw, carrying a deathly aura that seemed to tear the sky apart, as it fiercely grabbed at Dongfang Yueming once more!
"Since you like hand-to-hand combat, then I'll play along!"
Dongfang Yueming laughed loudly, and instead of retreating, he advanced to meet him!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Deep within the Ancient God Ruins, two figures clashed like two shooting stars, each exchange causing a massive collapse of space!
This is pure hand-to-hand combat!
There were no fancy magic spells, no dazzling laws, only the dull thuds of fists hitting flesh and the teeth-grinding sound of bones grinding together.
"Happy!"
Dongfang Yueming became more and more excited as the fight progressed.
"As expected of the remains of Immortal Emperor, its hardness is several times stronger than any Immortal Immortal Artifact I have ever encountered before."
But that's all.
"Warm-up complete."
A cold smile curled at the corner of Dongfang Yueming's lips.
"Kneel down!"
He unleashed a sweeping kick!
"Boom--!"
This kick seemed to carry the weight of the entire Astral Battlefield, striking the Immortal Emperor's Corpse Puppet heavily in the waist!
"Snap!"
A piercing sound of bone cracking rang out!
That immortal Immortal Emperor's body, supposedly indestructible through countless calamities, was actually bent and broken by this kick! The massive body crashed to the ground like a meteor, smashing through a floating continental plate!
"Roar..."
Amidst the ruins, the Immortal Emperor's corpse puppet struggled to its feet. The faint glimmer of clarity in its previously empty eyes was finally forcibly awakened by the severe injuries it had sustained!
The Nine Tribulations Immortal Emperor awakens!
He looked at the young man in blue robes standing with his hands behind his back, a hint of barely concealed excitement and satisfaction flashing in his eyes.
"Wow... what a powerful physical body..."
"I never imagined that Immortal Emperor with such a terrifying physical body could be born in later generations!"
He believed that anyone who could break his imperial body with pure physical strength must be a powerful expert of the same level who specialized in physical cultivation!
However, when his Divine Sense swept over Dongfang Yueming, the relief on his face instantly froze, replaced by something indescribable... utter horror!
"An immortal... Immortal Saint?!"
"You... you're only at the Immortal Saint Perfection?!"
The Nine Tribulations Immortal Emperor wondered if he had been asleep for too long and if his divine sense was malfunctioning!
A Immortal Saint physically crushed the body of Immortal Emperor, which was forged from twenty-three pieces of ninth-grade Celestial Gold?!
How is that possible?!
"What... what kind of monster are you?" he asked in a trembling voice.
"Just an ordinary person passing by," Dongfang Yueming said calmly.
He looked at the corpse puppet that seemed to have regained its senses, a hint of curiosity flashing in his eyes.
"You were one of the Immortal Emperor who participated in sealing this place back then? What... exactly happened here?"
Upon hearing this question, a deep sense of fear and pain flashed in the eyes of the Nine Tribulations Immortal Emperor.
He wanted to speak, but the corrupt power belonging to the "Outer God" within him began to retaliate fiercely after sensing his consciousness reviving!
"Uh... Ah!"
He clutched his head in anguish, the clarity in his eyes beginning to fade again, replaced by a crimson rage.
"Hurry... go..."
With the last shred of his sanity, he stared intently at Dongfang Yueming and forced out a few words through clenched teeth:
"The Primordial Sea... Black..."
"Careful..."
Before he could finish speaking...
"Roar--!"
The corpse puppet let out a beast-like roar, its last shred of clarity completely swallowed! It transformed once more into a mindless killing machine, charging madly towards Dongfang Yueming!
"Stubborn and incorrigible."
Dongfang Yueming's eyes turned cold.
Since communication is impossible, we'll have to resort to other methods!
"Bang!"
He met the corpse puppet's attack head-on with a punch, shattering both of its arms!
Then, he took a step forward, his right hand gripping the corpse puppet's crown like an iron clamp.
"Give me the town!"
The power of the [Origin Immortal Physique] erupted, suppressing the corpse puppet firmly in place.
Immediately afterwards.
The Dongfang Yueming, and her eyes were slightly closed.
[The Great Dao of Reincarnation] -- Open!
"Buzz--!"
A profound and mysterious energy, transcending life and death, shot out from between his brows and pierced directly into the chaotic Sea of Consciousness of the corpse puppet.
In an instant, countless fragmented and chaotic images flashed through Dongfang Yueming's mind.
In that endless chaos, he finally caught a glimpse of a clear image.
In the picture.
It was a peaceful, Immortal Realm sky.
Sudden.
"Boom--!"
The starry sky was forcibly torn apart!
A colossal, jet-black egg, its surface covered with eerie dark red patterns... descended with a nauseating, malevolent aura that seemed to belong to another universe!
The moment the black egg descended.
Countless stars, life forms, and even the Dao Art of the vast world withered and decayed in an instant!
Countless cultivators who approached to investigate, whether they were Immortal King or even Immortal Venerable, had their eyes turn bloodshot and their bodies mutate into monsters the moment they came into contact with that aura!
"What... what is this?!"
On the screen, the exclamation of the Nine Tribulations Immortal Emperor could be heard.
Then.
A dozen figures, radiating the supreme pressure of immortal Immortal Emperor, gathered in that starry sky.
They joined forces to set up an unparalleled sealing formation covering billions of miles, attempting to seal off the "black egg" along with the polluted star field!
However, something seems to be hatching from inside the black egg!
The scene abruptly ends there.