Chapter 1305: Chapter 1303: Peerless Holy Monarch
"Uncle, are you leaving too?"
Shi Xuanzhong gazed blankly at the vanishing light rain in the sky, not even attempting to dodge the desperate attacks surrounding him.
He was an orphan abandoned by his parents, without the Oblivion Blade Ancestor, he would have died at the base of an unknown mountain long ago. It was the Oblivion Blade Ancestor who saved him, and took him back to be raised by the Meng and Shi clans, teaching him martial arts.
Because of their martial pursuits, uncle and aunt had no children of their own and had always treated him as their own. His aunt had passed away long ago, and now his uncle also left in an attempt to save him.
Shi Xuanzhong, you are such a useless man, unable to protect even your closest kin. What Holy Monarch, nothing but a living joke!
"No, I can’t die, uncle had an unfulfilled final wish, and Yu Ji has not yet been saved. How can I die?"
An intense will to live nearly drove Shi Xuanzhong mad as he used his life’s origin recklessly. Suddenly, countless lines appeared in his field of vision.
These lines were dense and intricate, some solid, some faint, representing the trajectories of minute materials, with solid lines representing what had already happened, while the faint lines indicated what was about to occur.
In the moment before death, Shi Xuanzhong’s Supreme Realm broke through once again, reaching a height unfathomable and unimaginable to ordinary people!
A dazzling light enveloped Shi Xuanzhong, and in an instant, all his injuries had healed, and his power had returned to its peak state.
With a single movement, no one could perceive Shi Xuanzhong’s action as he seemed to cross the void, appearing before several Outer Heaven Supremes, and swung his palm.
Boom, boom, boom...
Several Outer Heaven Supremes turned to ash.
With another flash, more Outer Heaven Supremes met their end in hell, from beginning to end, they had no power to resist, like ants to an elephant, easily crushed.
"Impossible!"
The Limitless Sword Sovereign, the Blood Sea Old Demon, and even the Mirror Ancestor, shrouded in a profound aura, all wore faces of horror, watching the scene in disbelief.
As for the other Outer Heaven Supremes, they were struck as if by lightning, their expressions more shocked than the next, their worldviews nearly overturned.
What kind of talent must one have to continuously break through the Supreme Realm in a single battle, and not just to the early stages, but to a degree that even Supremes could hardly reach?
Even the Limitless Sword Sovereign and others felt boundless envy and fear.
"Shock Dreams Without a Trace."
Shi Xuanzhong’s martial path was the Heavenly Dream Martial Arts, somewhat similar to the Dream Emperor who hides in the Heavenly Desire Origin, but fundamentally different.
The Dream Emperor’s dreamy martial arts leaned towards change, whereas the Heavenly Dream Martial Arts could alter the real and false of all things, touching upon the multiversal mechanisms of the cosmos, a Supreme Martial Art indeed.
Under Shi Xuanzhong’s claw, the more than thirty surrounded Outer Heaven Supremes crazily unleashed their killer moves and managed to break free from the encirclement.
Before they could breathe a sigh of relief, they suddenly realized that at the place where they had been fighting, a scene appeared of them being pierced by the claw shadows.
An illusion? But why did it feel so real to them, as a sharp pain rose from within their chests and bellies.
Blood rained down.
They had no idea that to the outsiders, they never escaped the claw shadows’ attack. The scene of their penetration was exactly as they had seen it themselves.
Reality and illusion under that claw became unimportant; as what was real and what was an illusion kept changing.
"This..."
"Is this person human or ghost?"
The remaining fifty or so Outer Heaven Supremes felt a deep chill, a coldness rising from their spines and shooting straight to the crown of their heads.
That was more than thirty Outer Heaven Supremes, unharmed, several amongst them the cream of the Supreme crop. But against Shi Xuanzhong, they were utterly powerless and casually slaughtered.
Before the others could regain their senses, Shi Xuanzhong pointed a finger towards the Limitless Sword Sovereign.
"Limitless!"
The Limitless Sword Sovereign trembled with fear and, without thinking, unleashed a deadly move combined with the Limitless Sword.
However, the normally unbeatable sword light, the moment it was struck by the finger light, immediately twisted together, creating a finger-thick passage in the middle.
As soon as the passage appeared, a tiny blood hole emerged in the Limitless Sword Sovereign’s chest, and the tremendous Supreme power surged towards his soul, causing him to panic and muster all his strength to defend.
Boom, boom, boom...
The result was his body being blasted to pieces, section by section, until only his neck and head were left, which too cracked open, spewing out blood, visible from afar like an irregular blood sphere.
Ignoring everyone else, Shi Xuanzhong pointed another finger towards the Limitless Sword Sovereign. This was the murderer of the Oblivion Blade Ancestor, a foe he intended to personally avenge.
"Chaotic Blood Sea Fist!"
"Mirror Birth Enemy Annihilation!"
Not willing to watch the Limitless Sword Sovereign get killed, the Blood Sea Old Demon, the Mirror Ancestor, and the rest of the Outer Heaven Supremes, albeit reluctantly, attacked Shi Xuanzhong from all directions, attempting to block this lethal finger.
Bang!
Yet, even so, half of the finger’s force penetrated through the blockade, slamming into the Limitless Sword Sovereign’s head.
A crisp crack, the Limitless Sword Sovereign’s soul showed minute fractures, causing him alarm and disbelief as he couldn’t muster even anger or rage, only knowing to retreat crazily, the further from Shi Xuanzhong the better.
Shi Xuanzhong was like a silent god of death, cradling the Holy Empress in one arm, wielding world-surpassing arts with the other, wherever he went, time and space stood still. Even as the other Outer Heaven Supremes desperately wielded their Supreme Realms to counteract, they were largely ineffective.
At this moment, Shi Xuanzhong was overwhelmingly powerful, beyond resistance. In merely a quarter-hour, more than fifty Outer Heaven Supremes had died.
The remaining dozen were utterly terrified, including the Blood Sea Old Demon and the Mirror Ancestor, who desperately fled in all directions, some entering the East Victory world, others fleeing towards the Overlapping Land.
Shi Xuanzhong heaved a sigh.
He could not sit idly by as someone wreaked havoc in the East Victory world. Just as he was about to pursue into the East Victory world, he heard someone say, "Holy Monarch need not worry, leave those few to me."
This was a young man dressed in black, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, an imposing figure, exuding a domineering and indescribable aura. It was none other than God himself.
God’s face was extremely ugly.
Three years ago, he had just made a breakthrough to become a Supreme Lord. Having gained some insights, he chose to go into seclusion, thinking it would soon be over. Unexpectedly, due to a mistake, it ended up lasting a full three years.
When he emerged, the news of what had happened in the meantime caused him incredible annoyance.
After glancing at God, Shi Xuanzhong nodded and turned to head towards the outskirts of East Victory City. One of his avatars had met this young man before and knew all too well about his talent, which was unprecedented and even surpassed that of the Immortal Scholar.
"Outer Heaven Demons, what good deeds have you done!"
Different from the respect shown to the Holy Monarch, upon facing the Supreme Lords of Outer Heaven, God furrowed his thick eyebrows and exuded a murderous aura, not hesitating to punch straight out.
"Get lost!"
The Supreme Lord of Outer Heaven, who was targeted, sensed that God’s life essence was only a few thousand years old and sneered with a hint of disdain, swinging his long stick harshly.
Thud!
The long stick bent, and the Supreme Lord of Outer Heaven’s mouth and nose bled. His expression was one of shock. Before he could recover, the second punch landed like lightning, turning him into a shower of blood.
His strength was at the lowest level among Supreme Lords and posed no threat to God.
Without pausing, God continued his assault in other directions.
His divine power had just manifested, and his strength was only slightly weaker than that of the Absolute Gun Supreme Lord at his peak. With a disregard for the cost, he swiftly slew two more Supreme Lords.
It was only at the fourth one that he encountered trouble.
The two fought fiercely above the South Sea, churning the vast expanse into chaos and even evaporating several meters off the sea surface. Because of his enormous consumption, God found himself at a disadvantage.
"Moral King Fist!"
At a certain moment, God burned his Supreme Lord power and struck with his peak punch.
"Seeking your own death!"
The Sword Supreme sneered. He did not meet the attack head-on; instead, he first deflected the punch with his sword, followed by continuously dissipating the force. Although injured, he believed that in time, he would certainly kill his opponent, who suffered even greater losses than himself.
Boom!
Suddenly, an unimaginable surge of Vigorous Air rushed up from below.
The Sword Supreme’s face turned pale with shock. In a rush, he forcefully changed his trajectory, but God had anticipated this, waiting with his fist in the right spot ahead of time.
A thunderous sound like the beating of a drum!
The Sword Supreme was knocked back to his original position, and in the next instant, his body was engulfed by the Vigorous Air surge, destroying both his physical body and his soul in one go.
At the border of the South Sea, hundreds of thousands of martial artists turned pale, yet their hearts were filled with joy. Because they had finally killed a Supreme Lord with their own hands.
Of course, without God’s secret command and coordination, their strike wouldn’t have touched even the hair of a Supreme Lord. In reality, God deserved greater credit.
Without interacting with the martial artists, God immediately rushed towards East Victory City, for that was where the key to the outcome of the great battle lay.
When God arrived, the scene before him was startling.
The Supreme Lords of Outer Heaven who had previously surrounded Shi Xuanzhong, in addition to those attacking other Supreme Lords of East Victory, amounted to over a hundred. At this moment, only a little over fifty remained.
And these remaining fifty or so were clearly struggling. Under the immense pressure of the Holy Monarch, they were scattered and in disarray—it was not an exaggeration to describe their situation as a complete rout.
Along with the assistance from over thirty others, including the ancestor of the Fire Stiffs, the Blade Slaves Sect leader, and the Immortal Scholar, annihilating all of them was only a matter of time.
"I am far too inferior to the Holy Monarch," admitted God, before his expression darkened and he attacked the Supreme Lords of Outer Heaven.
"Why, why has this happened? Our Outer Heaven Army should have been guaranteed a victory!"
"We lost, haha, more than four hundred Supreme Lords, and on average, much stronger than those from East Victory, to end up completely annihilated..."
The surviving Supreme Lords of Outer Heaven couldn’t accept what they were seeing.
From any angle, they should have been the ones to easily win. But man’s plans are not God’s plans, and who could have predicted that their opponents would have someone like the Demon Ruler among them?
The battle sixteen thousand years ago didn’t showcase the true splendor of the Demon Ruler. His talent and brilliance were in no way inferior to the three Celestial Masters of the same era!
How could they continue to fight against that?
"How I hate this!"
The Limitless Sword Sovereign was a prime target for Shi Xuanzhong. Despite his desperate attempts to dodge, his soul was severely wounded. Without much time, he would be put to death.
Others, like the Blood Sea Old Demon, were also struggling to fend for themselves, their faces pale.
"As expected, the land of East Victory gave rise to an unprecedented monster. I wasn’t wrong, was I?"
"Indeed, you had the foresight. Luckily, years ago, you used the blood essence and vital energy from countless armies as the foundation to lay out the Blood Celestial Pole Array. Otherwise, we might have really suffered a great loss."
"It’s still too late. If not for the overwhelming blood essence of our three hundred Supreme Lords, we wouldn’t have been able to cross over. It’s a pity we couldn’t have done it a few years earlier."
Just when the campaign of the Outer Heaven was nearing complete defeat, two deep voices suddenly came from the vast expanse of endless space, carrying the power to shake the heavens and the earth.
