"If you want to try, then try."
It was not the sealed Emperor Xi who replied, but the Thunder Marsh Divine Dragon entwined with countless thunderclaps.
The father of Emperor Xi stretched his dragon body, the upper half transforming into a human form. His face was rugged yet imbued with divinity, a dragon horn on his forehead, long whiskers on his chin, exuding a sense of strong dominance.
His appearance was the embodiment of Dao, the image of the Thunder Marsh Ancient God was the manifestation of thunder and dragon.
Both thunder and dragon are synonymous with strength, and even when facing Jiang Li, the newly ascended First Grade, the Thunder Marsh Ancient God showed no fear.
"I've seen Heavenly Venerate Great Power, and I'm not unfamiliar with the Heavenly Venerate Realm. You've just entered this realm and sought battle, aren't you afraid of falling back?"
As the Thunder Marsh Ancient God spoke, his scale armor became increasingly tangible, with an overwhelming essence Qi rushing into his primordial spirit, seemingly to help him reshape his body.
Meanwhile, the others had their eyes flicker as well, clearly igniting their battle intent.
In such a critical moment, there could be no hint of fear. Even if there was fear in their hearts before, it was forcibly suppressed by their mental state at present. Moreover, the Thunder Marsh Ancient God's words weren't without reason; Jiang Li's recent First Grade status might not pose such a significant disparity.
They were aware of the difference between condensing one's own Dao Fruit and carrying another's Dao Fruit.
When the Great Heavenly Venerate had just ascended, he could display a crushing posture because he received the divine skills and insights from the Emperor Xihuang Dao Fruit. That's why the Great Heavenly Venerate could easily neutralize Jiang Li's full-force strike with the Pangu Banner.
Jiang Li condensed his own Dao Fruit, unlike the Great Heavenly Venerate, who could easily convert realm into strength.
Of course, it wasn't a certainty, since Jiang Li was excessively formidable before. But since they had to fight, thinking positively couldn't hurt.
No matter what, the opponent wouldn't surrender without resistance.
Regarding this, Jiang Li wasn't surprised; instead, he gently raised his hand, the Heavenly Mirror suspended on his palm. He looked at the crowd and said, "Then let us begin; I hope the four of you won't disappoint me."
A soft murmur marked the beginning of the battle.
"Roar!"
The Thunder Marsh Ancient God was the first to strike. A dragon roar shook the heavens, the thunder sound resounding across the world, and through the medium of space, it reverberated over, forming an enormous dragon shadow.
This place was suppressed by the South Pole Heavenly Pillar; the space was stable, not easily breakable, yet the dragon roar of the Thunder Marsh Ancient God could distort space, showcasing its power. It merged with the distorted space into a dragon shape, utilizing the force of distortion.
The dragon shadow soared, sweeping across Jiang Li in an instant. Jiang Li's form became blurred, the distorted space and sound waves engulfing him completely.
However, even in his blurred form, the Heavenly Mirror hovering above Jiang Li's palm remained motionless.
Was the Thunder Sound Dragon Shadow ineffective?
No waiting for the result to unveil, the ground quaked as the Yellow Emperor condensed sharp sword energy with the Xuanyuan Sword. A sword was struck into the ground, with thousands of sword forces shuttling beneath, like a cascading waterfall converging, ready to emerge from beneath Jiang Li's feet.
"Boom!"
Jiang Li slightly lifted his right foot, then it fell again. The ground resonated with a loud clang, countless fragmented sword energies burst and shot up from the underground.
The fierce edges tore through the distorted scenes, revealing Jiang Li's wholly unharmed figure.
He stood like a towering mountain, lightly swinging his right hand to strike a fleeting, blurry blade light.
As the Yellow Emperor made his move, the Queen Mother also condensed a blade with Qi, "Heavenly Severity" reappeared in its deadly form, more profound than before, slashing out the Qi Soldier of life and death combined, intertwining with the creation.
Life and death combined, representing the birth of all things, yet also their end. The Queen Mother gained understanding of the Wa Emperor's Dao through the Heaven and Earth Furnace, the effect remarkable. "Heavenly Severity" now extended beyond mere deadly aura, its power exponentially increased.
However, even such formidable "Heavenly Severity" was swatted aside by Jiang Li's palm, the blade light deviated, tearing through the sky after leaving the South Pole Heavenly Pillar area, splitting the earth, marking the heavens with thousands of miles of spatial rifts.
Such power showcased the Queen Mother's Daoist practice and strength, yet it was effortlessly deflected by Jiang Li's single palm.
After swatting away the "Heavenly Severity," Jiang Li's palm pressed in the void, and a massive force of heaven and earth surged forth.
It felt as if the whole world was pressing down, and to describe it as the sky collapsing and the earth sinking is insufficient. That pure and immense pressure directly crushed the Heavenly Pillar domain, the resulting force made the Second Grades among them tense up.
"Rise!"
Shakyamuni Tathagata summoned the Seven Treasures Miao Tree, seven-colored divine light manifested as the phantom of a towering tree, the Yin Yang Five Elements circulating and changing, the unfading, stainless Buddhist law exquisitely flowing.
The treasure that could easily break the Five-Colored Divine Light in the past had regained much of its power. Now, nearing the end of the Five Turbid Evil World, it drew spiritual mechanism and was no longer just a vessel for a First Grade Dao Fruit.
"Boom!"
A heaven-shaking explosion occurred, the seven-colored divine tree phantom instantly showed signs of shattering. The Queen Mother immediately summoned the Heaven and Earth Furnace, the Creation Immortal Light wondrous and microscopic, mending the broken Seven-Colored Divine Light, resisting the shocking assault together.
"Rumbleโโ"
Space was being propelled.
The space where everyone stood was forcibly stabilized by their combined power and the might of Dao artifacts, but the remaining space could not withstand such force.
Even though suppressed by the South Pole Heavenly Pillar, the space couldn't bear the crushing force.
The space they occupied was propelled like a ball, sent flying. Meanwhile, the devastating force wreaked havoc across the sky, imposing on the earth, making the ground roll back like waves, the earth veins tremble, cracking, with even the Heavenly Pillar at the end of the earth veins shaking violently.
