# 1708
Chapter 1701: Blood Battle
Huo Qubing's aura rose sharply, and the gray, hazy sky of the Western Region visibly darkened. Thunder roared as torrential rain poured down from the clouds, instantly shrouding this abandoned western city in scattered lightning!
The towering willow tree silhouette submerged in smoke seemed to sense Huo Qubing's presence. After a brief pause, that sharp cry rang out again!
It sounded like mockery, or perhaps provocation.
In Kusuen's view, the man before them radiating killing intent was merely a human with some power, not even a god, no different from those two overreaching ants from before.
Countless willow branches swept toward Huo Qubing like a tidal wave, but before they could touch his body, they froze in mid-air. A terrifying power of dominion spread from around Huo Qubing—collapsed walls, broken weapons, burning flames...
All matter within several kilometers of Huo Qubing's vicinity automatically floated upward, coalescing in an instant into a massive spear a kilometer long.
Tempered by the lightning, this spear grew increasingly refined and shrank, eventually becoming two hundred meters long, its surface showing no signs of拼接 whatsoever, entirely black, radiating a terrifying aura of destruction!
Huo Qubing gripped his spear tightly, stomped the ground, and charged directly into the smoke with the hundred-meter spear above his head. A thick bolt of lightning struck down from the heavens, tearing a straight path through the rolling psychedelic smoke!
Huo Qubing's power was naturally no match for Kusuen, a god of the Cthulhu Faction, but with the interference of the power of dominion, the speed of the countless willow branches was drastically reduced. The branches trying to entangle and block the hundred-meter spear were shattered one by one. One man with two spears forcefully carved a bloody path through the sea of willow branches!
BOOM——!!
Just as Huo Qubing charged into the middle of the sea of willow branches, the earth beneath his feet exploded. Several coiled tree roots, like tentacles, flew out from underground. House-sized suction cups were neatly arranged on the roots, bright red.
One of the root tentacles wrapped around the hundred-meter spear. The grotesque suction cups twisted violently, shattering it into pieces. The surging lightning merely left some charring on the surface of His tentacle, unable to cause any substantial damage.
At the same time, several root tentacles swung toward Huo Qubing's body. Before the tentacles even drew close, the wind they whipped up forced him toward the ground!
BOOM!!
The earth shattered. Under the violent tremors of the entire western city, a web of cracks spreading several kilometers was directly smashed out. All remaining buildings in the city collapsed simultaneously. Dust obscured the view.
Gongyang Wan stood on the ruins, barely stabilizing herself. The look in her eyes as she watched the battlefield had completely changed.
She knew the willow tree monster would be powerful, but she never imagined it would be this terrifying... A single swing of its tentacles had crushed an entire city. Even Zhu Rong, the Chief God she encountered at the Jade Pool, would struggle to block such an attack head-on.
What she had to remember was that this was only because Kusuen specialized in duplicating living beings... His true combat power was actually the lowest among all his attributes!
A willow tree least suited for direct combat could unleash such terrifying damage. How powerful then would the truly battle-ready Cthulhu Faction gods that Lin Qiye mentioned be?
"A Zhuo, don't be impatient yet... If even Huo Qubing can't handle this monster, we'd only be going to our deaths."
"..."
"He'll be fine. He's Huo Qubing... He won't die that easily."
"..."
From within the swirling dust, a figure clutching a spear burst out from the ruins of the earth like lightning!
In the flickering lightning's illumination, the black and gold marquis robe was already torn and ragged, crimson blood staining the hem. The entire person was in a sorry state... but he was still alive.
Huo Qubing's eyes fixed on the nearby willow tree's true form. He took a deep breath and once again activated 【Emperor's Sovereign Dominion】!
"【Imperial Crimson Blood】!!"
With a low roar from Huo Qubing, a crimson glow instantly enveloped his entire body. The power of dominion began precisely controlling every muscle, blood vessel, nerve, and hormone within his body. His body functioned like a super machine pushed to three hundred percent capacity, his eyes brilliant as stars!
This was the second time Huo Qubing had used 【Imperial Crimson Blood】. This time, his aura tripled. Above the dark thunderclouds suspended in the sky, a second layer of crimson thunderclouds and a third layer of golden thunderclouds rapidly formed!
As Huo Qubing gently raised the tip of his spear, a hurricane spontaneously swept from the void, instantly lifting all the dust in the city to the high heavens. Even the psychedelic smoke shrouding the willow tree's true form was swept away over a large area.
The blood-stained hem of his marquis robe fluttered in the wind. Huo Qubing, spear in hand, walked through the lightning and rain like an invincible emperor overlooking the mortal world.
"The foreign gods aren't so insurmountable after all." Huo Qubing's low voice rang out. "This divine war... has only just begun..."
CRACK——!!
Three bolts of lightning—deep blue, crimson, and brilliant gold—descended from the three layers of thunderclouds respectively, instantly engulfing Huo Qubing's figure. The next moment, the figure holding the spear had already crossed the vast sea of willow branches and root tentacles, arriving before the willow tree's true form in an instant!
The thunderous spear shadows clashed with the countless tentacles, and brilliant beams of explosion shot straight into the clouds!
Gongyang Wan's face showed shock as she sensed the world-shattering exchanges!
Huo Qubing could actually fight that monster on equal terms?!
"The tallest pillar in the mortal world... so he wasn't joking after all." Gongyang Wan recalled Huo Qubing's arrogant words that day in the tavern, feeling somewhat foolish about herself.
Huo Qubing in this state was practically a killing machine. Gongyang Wan even felt that even if Lin Qiye faced the current Marquis of Champions, he would have almost no chance of victory.
CRACK——!!
The three-colored lightning spear pierced through a corner of the trunk, while one of the willow branch tentacles with a grotesque face also pierced through Huo Qubing's chest.
Huo Qubing reached out and tore the tentacle apart in mid-air, bright red blood simultaneously spurted from his chest, exposing a damaged heart to the air. However, under the absolute control of the power of dominion, the blood continued flowing along its original path suspended in mid-air, automatically supplying each blood vessel from the ventricle.
To put it without exaggeration, in this state, even if every bone in his body was crushed, even if every blood vessel was torn, the power of dominion would still consolidate the powdered bone fragments into bones, maintaining efficient blood circulation throughout the body even without blood vessels.
This near-immortal state made Huo Qubing's attacks increasingly frenzied. Countless spear shadows pierced through the trunk. Under the barrage of holes, even this Cthulhu Faction god from beyond the stars couldn't help but feel fear!
This was different...
This human before Him was nothing like any ant He had ever encountered!
He even began to suspect that if this human possessed the Laws, he could truly, single-handedly, execute Him right here!!