Chapter 3234: The Power of the Wuji Divine Dao
The Void World was silent and empty, with the divine qi of four great gods surging.
Zhang Ruochen said, "If you want to know who I am, you must first answer my question. Are you a Liangji?"
Upon hearing this, Xue Changjin's eyes flickered with an unusual expression. Then, he laughed, his gaze gradually turning cold and sharp, and he let out a howl from his mouth.
The howl was piercing and harsh, like ten thousand arrows shooting simultaneously, spreading through the Void World.
"Not good, it's the Soul-Losing Sound!"
Hai Shang Youluo drew a circle with her left arm, mobilizing the power of nothingness to condense a special domain, forming a ring-shaped isolation barrier.
The Soul-Losing Sound was Xue Changjin's signature technique, as terrifying as a perfected Infinite divine ability, requiring powerful divine soul support to execute.
When it injured the enemy, it also harmed the user.
Once this sound was unleashed, it could howl gods to death, causing their souls to be lost.
"Boom!"
The special domain condensed by Hai Shang Youluo with the power of nothingness, along with the Origin Divine Light formed by the Earth Cauldron, was pierced through by the Soul-Losing Sound.
The sound waves were bizarre, ignoring all defenses in the world, attacking the divine souls of Zhang Ruochen and Hai Shang Youluo.
Both had very strong divine souls, but compared to Xue Changjin, there was still a considerable gap. While doing their utmost to stabilize their souls, they rapidly retreated backward.
"What a cunning old fox, he was pretending to be weak all along. His divine soul hasn't diminished at all! What splitting of the soul body into two, what losing half of his cultivation—it was all to numb us."
Hai Shang Youluo's long hair flew, her robes fluttering, as she executed the Time Sword Art and slashed her sword outward.
The sword light was like a continuous divine waterfall.
Time imprint light points fell like a curtain of rain, splitting the endless waves of sound, and the sword light kept spreading toward Xue Changjin.
Unfortunately, Hai Shang Youluo's cultivation foundation was still too weak, and the sword light couldn't reach Xue Changjin's body.
"Pfft!"
Hai Shang Youluo spat blood, her body flying backward.
Xue Ying seized the opportunity, unleashing a fist-type divine ability. His fist shone as brightly as a star, striking at Hai Shang Youluo, aiming to severely wound her in this moment.
"Do you dare?"
Zhang Ruochen sent the Earth Cauldron flying, colliding with the fist force Xue Ying had launched from a distance.
The fist light phantom was extinguished.
Seeing the Earth Cauldron fly out of Zhang Ruochen's hands, a hint of a smile flashed in Xue Changjin's aged eyes. He shifted his form, chased after the Earth Cauldron, reached out, and grabbed it.
But suddenly, the smile on his face froze.
Zhang Ruochen appeared behind him, with time imprint light points flowing on his arm. Under the enhancement of time power, his attack speed was incredibly fast. He punched Xue Changjin in the back.
Chaotic light burst from his fist.
The fist force wasn't fierce, but it was like surging undercurrents, endless and layered, pushing forward and stacking upon itself.
"Boom!"
Unable to avoid it, Xue Changjin had to mobilize all his rules, divine patterns, and divine qi to his back, using his divine body to withstand the blow.
His back exploded, and a large area of his ghost body shattered into a misty state.
Xue Changjin's body slammed heavily into the Earth Cauldron, producing a loud sound like a giant bell.
In the distance, Xue Ying was horrified, completely unable to understand how Zhang Ruochen, who had seemed so overwhelmed by the Soul-Losing Sound, could suddenly cross space and severely wound Xue Changjin.
He didn't know that Zhang Ruochen had been protecting himself with the Taiji Yin-Yang Diagram all along, and the Soul-Losing Sound had little effect on him.
If Xue Changjin knew how to feign weakness, how could Zhang Ruochen not?
If he hadn't used the Earth Cauldron to lure Xue Changjin into the trap, with such a huge gap in cultivation, Zhang Ruochen didn't think he could wound this old scoundrel in such a short time.
Having gained the upper hand, Zhang Ruochen gave Xue Changjin no chance to catch his breath, attacking with fists like a storm of wind and rain.
A look of surprise appeared in Hai Shang Youluo's eyes. Xue Changjin was no mere Blazing Sun Heavenly Lord; he was a being at the Soul-Stopping Realm, at least four realms above Zhang Ruochen. Moreover, in the Grand Void Realm, every minor realm gap often meant tens of thousands, or even a hundred thousand years of cultivation difference.
It was incredibly difficult for an early Grand Void cultivator to fight a mid Grand Void cultivator.
Fighting a Soul-Stopping Realm cultivator as an early Grand Void cultivator was simply unimaginable.
During the battle with Huang'e Divine Lord in Fengdu Ghost City, because Zhang Ruochen had Cang Jue by his side and the fight ended quickly, she hadn't truly seen the depth of Zhang Ruochen's combat power.
Seizing this opportunity, a long river of time flew out from Hai Shang Youluo's body, surging toward Xue Ying. She decided to deal with him first, then join Zhang Ruochen against Xue Changjin.
Knowing he was no match for Hai Shang Youluo, Xue Ying immediately used an escape technique, his form turning into a streak of light, fleeing into the depths of the Void World.
Seeing him try to escape, Hai Shang Youluo couldn't help but smile.
In terms of combat power, she might not be a match for a Grand Void Three Stops cultivator.
But in terms of movement techniques, she was confident that few below the Infinite Realm could match her.
"Swish!"
Hai Shang Youluo vanished into the Void World, silently chasing after him.
Just then, Xue Changjin let out another howl, unleashing the Soul-Losing Sound. Gradually stabilizing his form, he punched out. His fist burned with blazing flames, colliding with Zhang Ruochen's fist.
Zhang Ruochen was sent flying backward, landing on the Earth Cauldron.
Xue Changjin retreated dozens of miles, billions of ghost soul spots appearing on his arms, each one burning. He said, "I already know who you are. The fist technique you used—is it that legendary fist-type Heavenly Venerable divine ability?"
Earlier, when Zhang Ruochen directly asked if he was a Liangji, Xue Changjin had already become suspicious.
Because most cultivators would only care if he was a Liangshi, not whether he was a Liangji.
Only one person was an exception.
But Xue Changjin couldn't believe that Zhang Ruochen's cultivation speed could be so fast. It wasn't until Zhang Ruochen wounded him with this powerful fist technique that he confirmed his suspicions.
As a fist cultivator, how could Xue Changjin not know the Immovable Wisdom King Fist?
Many texts recorded the Immovable Wisdom King Fist.
Zhang Ruochen raised his fist, looked at it, and said, "As I said, if you want the answer, you have to answer my question first. Are you a Liangji?"
Knowing why Zhang Ruochen was so persistent about this question, Xue Changjin smiled and said, "Your cultivation is very strong. With your mastery of time and space, it's hard for me to kill you, but you can't do anything to me either. Since neither of us can do anything to the other, how about we change the way we fight?"
"Speak!"
Zhang Ruochen stood on the cauldron, bathed in Origin Divine Light, like a heroic and imposing war god.
Xue Changjin said, "Let's fight here in the Void World. If you win, I'll answer your question. If I win, you let me leave. In fact, even with Hai Shang Youluo's help, you can't kill me, so you're not losing anything."
"Besides, even if you let me go, it's not a big deal. My identity as a member of the Quantity Organization can no longer be hidden. I can't return to Fengdu Ghost City. From now on, I can only find a place where no one knows me, live a few more years, and wait for death."
"So, as a legendary prodigy of this era, do you have the courage to fight me alone?"
Zhang Ruochen smiled, spreading his arms wide, and a vast Taiji Cloud Diagram manifested.
Xue Changjin was shocked to find that he had already been enveloped by the Taiji Cloud Diagram.
Then, something even more shocking happened. On the side of the Taiji Cloud Diagram where the chaotic yin qi was abundant, a towering mountain rose, emitting a light as dazzling as the sun.
The Earth Cauldron slowly rose, floating to the side where the chaotic yang qi was abundant.
Gradually, yin and yang balanced.
The mountain was Lesser Yang, and the Earth Cauldron was Lesser Yin.
Xue Changjin clearly felt that Zhang Ruochen's aura had increased significantly. The profundity of his Dao technique seemed to surpass all techniques in the world.
Even more bizarrely, as the fist Dao essence continuously gathered toward the Earth Cauldron, Zhang Ruochen grew even stronger.
This... was this his full power?
The Sun Cloud Diagram spun rapidly, and the Earth Cauldron smashed forward.
When it got close, Xue Changjin realized that the Earth Cauldron had its own world around it, like an Origin Divine Sea or a vast primordial world, emitting an extremely cold yin aura that seemed to freeze the divine qi inside him.
Xue Changjin was indeed formidable. He used a bizarre movement technique, turning into countless soul lights, dodging the Earth Cauldron, and then charged toward Zhang Ruochen at the center of the Taiji Cloud Diagram.
From their earlier fight, he knew that Zhang Ruochen's physical body wasn't particularly strong, at most one-tenth of the Infinite Realm. It was only because of the powerful Immovable Wisdom King Fist that he could suppress him temporarily.
If he could fight in close quarters, he would surely severely wound Zhang Ruochen in a short time.
But something strange happened. The closer he got to Zhang Ruochen, the faster the Taiji Cloud Diagram contracted, and its power seemed to grow even stronger.
"Come on!"
Zhang Ruochen met him head-on. The mountain-like Lesser Yin suddenly flew out from behind him, colliding heavily with the fist force Xue Changjin had unleashed.
The fist technique Xue Changjin cultivated was an Infinite divine ability. His arms had been refined with the souls of billions of living beings.
Every punch he threw burned away hundreds of millions of souls, releasing earth-shattering power.
His fists burned, far brighter than a star, clashing with the mountain-like Lesser Yin, producing a deafening sound. The energy spread out of the Void World, shaking the starry sky of the real world.
"Swish! Swish!"
From the Lesser Yin Divine Mountain, six divine swords flew out, forming a sword formation, slashing down at Xue Changjin's head.
The Taiji Cloud Diagram spun again. The Earth Cauldron, like a world or a planet, slammed fiercely into Xue Changjin.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
After hundreds of exchanges, the barrier between the Void World and the real world was finally broken through.
Seizing the moment, Xue Changjin unleashed his strongest attack, striking out with both fists. Countless souls in his arms wailed.
But this attack wasn't aimed at Zhang Ruochen!
With a deafening explosion, Xue Changjin broke through the suppression of the Taiji Cloud Diagram, shattered the restraints, and fled, charging into the real world.
It was too terrifying!
Zhang Ruochen's First-Rank Divine Path was simply heaven-defying. With the Earth Cauldron and the six divine swords assisting him, he had completely suppressed Xue Changjin. After hundreds of exchanges, Xue Changjin couldn't break free, and he was constantly in danger, nearly being hit by the Earth Cauldron several times.
If the Earth Cauldron hit him once, he would be severely wounded.
Xue Changjin lost his will to fight, wanting only to flee immediately and spread Zhang Ruochen's secret. This young man couldn't be allowed to live. He would never be forced to join the Quantity Organization; instead, he would become a disaster for it.
Just as Xue Changjin rushed into the real world, he found binding forces appearing on his body.
The Taiji Cloud Diagram had enveloped him again.
Shocked, Xue Changjin also realized that if the distance was far enough, the binding power of the Taiji Cloud Diagram would weaken. So, he burned his soul power, unleashing his ultimate speed, flying toward the Santu River.
In an instant, he covered hundreds of thousands of miles.
Zhang Ruochen chased closely, saying, "Are you surrendering?"
"Yes, Realm Lord Ruochen's battle prowess is truly stunning. I have been defeated. Can you let me go? You guessed right, I am a Liangji." Xue Changjin said this, but his speed didn't slow at all.
His voice couldn't spread out because he was still trapped in the Taiji Cloud Diagram.
From the start, Zhang Ruochen had never intended to gamble with him.
Between them, it could only be life or death, never just victory or defeat.
Xue Changjin's words were not to be trusted at all.
Zhang Ruochen said, "Since the senior is a Liangji and once schemed to kill me, do you think I, as a junior, can let you live?"
"As a dignified realm lord, going back on your word is truly disappointing." Xue Changjin said.
Zhang Ruochen said, "I never agreed to anything!"
Xue Changjin stopped pretending to be friendly with Zhang Ruochen, sneering, "Zhang Ruochen, do you really think you can kill me?"
"Senior, if you don't run, you can verify the result." Zhang Ruochen said.
"Do you really think I'm afraid of you?"
Xue Changjin had been exalted for many years, worshipped by countless beings. Being pushed to this point by a junior naturally filled him with resentment.
Although he had been at a disadvantage earlier, he felt it was because of two major mistakes.
The first mistake was that his desire to kill Zhang Ruochen and his fighting spirit weren't strong enough, his belief wasn't firm enough, and he always harbored wishful thinking. In contrast, Zhang Ruochen was determined to kill him from the start.
In a battle of experts, if one's momentum weakens, they are defeated before even fighting.
The second mistake was that he misjudged his opponent, thinking Zhang Ruochen's physical body wasn't strong enough and close combat was a weakness. But he forgot that Zhang Ruochen wielded the Earth Cauldron, a god-killing weapon, and six divine swords, enough to compensate for his physical shortcomings.
Moreover, the closer he got to Zhang Ruochen, the more he was suppressed by his First-Rank Divine Path.
As long as he avoided these two misjudgments, Xue Changjin believed he wouldn't lose to this junior.
He stopped fleeing. In his anger, his soul power burned even more fiercely. His momentum didn't lose to Zhang Ruochen's. He released his Divine Realm World, colliding with the Taiji Cloud Diagram.
In the first exchange, Xue Changjin's Divine Realm World shattered the Taiji Cloud Diagram, displaying overwhelming combat power.
"Swish! Swish!"
Thousands of sacred artifact war weapons flew out from the mountains in his Divine Realm World, like a meteor shower, striking at Zhang Ruochen.
Among them, there were as many as nine Supreme Sacred Artifacts!
The Taiji Cloud Diagram was only shattered on the outer layer. When it reached the positions of Lesser Yang and Lesser Yin, Xue Changjin's Divine Realm World could no longer contend with it.
"Do you think that by using your cultivation advantage to attack from a distance, you can defeat me?" Zhang Ruochen said.
Suddenly, all the heaven and earth spiritual qi, sacred qi, and divine qi in this starry sky boiled over, including all kinds of heaven and earth rules, all converging toward Zhang Ruochen.
The advantage of the Wuji Divine Dao wasn't just within eighteen feet.
The greatest terror of the Wuji Divine Dao was that it could mobilize all energy and rules in heaven and earth for its own use.
In Fengdu Ghost City, suppressed by the city's formations and rule divine patterns, the advantage of the Wuji Divine Dao couldn't be brought into play. Moreover, to hide his identity, Zhang Ruochen didn't dare to use the Wuji Divine Dao openly.
This gave Xue Changjin the illusion that Zhang Ruochen's level was only slightly higher than Blazing Sun Heavenly Lord's, nothing to fear.
But by the time he realized the terror of Zhang Ruochen's First-Rank Divine Path, it was already too late!
After mobilizing the power of heaven and earth, the Taiji Cloud Diagram became even more solid, its power rising step by step. At the same time, the power unleashed by the Earth Cauldron grew stronger. When it flew out, it smashed thousands of sacred artifacts, causing them to explode one after another.
"Boom! Boom!"
The sacred artifacts shattered, turning into metal particles.
Even the nine Supreme Sacred Artifacts, after colliding with the Earth Cauldron, cracked one by one, becoming scrap metal, falling to various parts of the starry sky, drawing burning trails of light.
It was the friction between the Supreme Sacred Artifacts and space, igniting fiery light paths.
"This... how is this possible?"
Xue Changjin's heart ached with pain, and he was shocked beyond calm. Was a First-Rank Divine Path this powerful, with no weaknesses, able to mobilize all the power of heaven and earth for its own use, as if it were heaven and earth itself?
Before he could flee, the Earth Cauldron had already shattered his Divine Realm World and reached him.
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Let's just post a big chapter today!