Martial Saint!

"Arrogant!"

"Self-righteous!"

After a moment, the Insect Demon Emperor and Barto both sneered coldly, thinking to themselves that the aura of this boy was merely bluff.

In that instant, they had indeed been shaken.

But considering their numerical superiority and higher realm, no matter what, they believed it was impossible to lose this battle.

The Insect Demon Emperor's body shell buzzed, transforming into a streak of green lightning, appearing behind Lu Chenzhou in a flash.

It sent a voice transmission:

"Barto, break the array and kill the others, then come assist me immediately. This one's techniques are indeed not simple."

Barto grinned.

"Heh, I only need three breaths to break this array!"

Barto stretched out a finger, a ghostly glimmer appeared, zzz—, a jet of black flame blasted out, spewing like a laser onto the array's surface. On the surface of the black flame, penetrating Dao Essence and Law interwove, able to pierce all obstacles!

Meanwhile.

The Insect Demon Emperor's palm manifested a green curved saber. His flesh erupted with power as he slashed, unleashing a dazzling jade crescent blade light, transforming into a thousand-zhang-long ribbon.

"Die!"

Lu Chenzhou stood unmoving as a mountain.

The Dharma Form beneath his feet stirred.

The colossal Mystic Turtle spirit to the north hovered overhead like a shield, black and white Qi rising up, swirling gently. A Tai Chi Diagram, exuding a profound aura, emerged across the sky.

Mystic Turtle Sea Suppressing Fist Fifth Form: Transforming Yin and Yang!

The blade light struck the back of the Tai Chi Diagram, instantly twisted and shattered by the power of yin-yang rotation, and finally drawn into the diagram like a clay ox into the sea. The Tai Chi Diagram grew even more imposing.

"What? It absorbed my attack?"

The Insect Demon Emperor's eyes trembled in shock.

This slash, though a probe, would be feared even among veteran Demon Emperors at Early Sixth Realm.

This human... truly terrifying.

"Let me cleave apart your Dharma Form!"

Six arms wielded blades, rolling demonic power poured in, and a thousand-meter-long giant locust phantom loomed behind him.

"Heavenly Locust Shattering Sun!"

Vast Heaven and Earth Power was stirred.

This slash—Energy Level 1.3 million.

The blade light fell, met by the Tai Chi Diagram.

Yin-yang rotation—the blade light shattered again.

"This..."

The Insect Demon Emperor's face twitched.

How could this be?!

This human used only his Dharma Form—no, not even his full Dharma Form, just the tip of the iceberg—and could actually withstand his all-out strike?

The Dharma Form's finger pointed west, to the White Tiger position.

The White Tiger responded, treading on the Golden Star, eyes brimming with killing aura. With a roar, it leapt at the Insect Demon Emperor and struck with Tiger Claw.

Realm God Fist!

With utmost simplicity, that claw tore open the Insect Demon Emperor's Demon Energy Barrier, dispersed the locust phantom behind him, and the residual force hit his body, sending him crashing down to earth like a comet.

Rumble—

The earth shook, mountains collapsed, shockwaves swept out for a hundred miles, flattening every blade of grass and tree along their path.

A five-mile-wide crater formed.

Within the pit, the Insect Demon Emperor's insect shell, as tough as a Supreme Divine Weapon, shattered. Green blood splattered everywhere, his aura weakened.

Three breaths passed, he looked to the other side.

His eyes trembled.

To see Barto, though he had ripped apart the array, could not, no matter what, break through the Long Spear domain.

"Barto, forget them! Help me!"

He shrieked in desperation.

The frenzied Barto snapped back to reality.

"Damn it, what is this domain? At my Mid-Emperor cultivation I can't break it—are you sure this guy's just Early Stage?"

He glanced at the Insect Demon Emperor, his old eyes turning black.

Only to see his companion lying on the ground like a dead dog.

Couldn't even last three breaths? You must be joking. Even facing a Nine-pattern Demon Emperor, it shouldn't be like this?

The Dharma Form's finger pointed at the Insect Demon Emperor.

The latter roared, "Heavenly Locust Devours Sun!"

But then, the Demon Emperor's body broke apart, turning into countless insects, like a black cloud covering the sky, scattering in all directions.

A crisp phoenix cry echoed.

The divine bird soaring the sky was surrounded by seven-colored radiance, Five Elements bowing before it, wind and thunder surging. A prismatic light, impossible to look at directly, radiated in all directions!

The radiance swept past; every locust was annihilated.

A bluish-grey dragon claw reached out from the clouds, seizing a wisp of the Demon Emperor's Divine Soul, injecting nightmare poison.

The dragon's jaws opened, inhaling like water.

The Demon Emperor's Divine Soul was devoured into its belly.

"Not bad, tastes good."

[Five Elements: Second Rank (50%) → Third Rank (1%)]

On the Martial Arts Tree, a prompt appeared.

"Same Sixth Realm, but the Dao Essence from a Demon Emperor is utterly inferior to a Sect Hierarch's—in essence, Demon Emperors are strong in body and bloodline, but their Dao comprehension is mediocre. A Sect Hierarch is fundamentally the clone of the gods."

In just a few breaths, a Demon Emperor perished.

From beginning to end, the Dharma Form did it all.

The Martial Arts Dharma Form, as the embodiment of condensed spirit, essence, and intention, was perfectly linked to Lu Chenzhou's heart intent. All martial arts he had learned could be used through it, without lifting his own body. As for the Law Realm, that was his trump card.

The Dharma Form could even transcend further.

After the Heavenly Realm, as it absorbed Heaven and Earth Power, it would become more and more solid, turning illusion to reality. Qi Refiners called this the Dharma Body.

"Xilu... is dead."

Barto gave up attacking the domain before him.

He looked at Lu Chenzhou, his body trembling uncontrollably.

"Damn it, why hasn't Corpse Palace's reinforcements arrived? Isn't the Lightning Demon Venerable en route? With that speed, he should be here already from the main camp."

Barto, who had dominated this world for a hundred years, now panicked.

Before this, aside from the two Heavenly Realm elders of Three Suns Palace and a scant handful of other elders, he feared no one. Even if he lost, he could always escape.

In the shadows.

Wu Yun's eyes widened.

"This insect demon was wiped out in three moves—just who is this outsider? Besides the Three Suns Palace Heavenly Realms, the only ones who could do this are the Three Great Elders."

All three Great Elders were Late or Peak Stage.

Inside the array, the Grandmasters were also wildly excited.

"Too strong!"

"No wonder he's the Lu Heavenly King!"

"That Four Symbols Fist, a marvel for the ages!"

"We're saved! What Demon Emperor? Before the Lu Heavenly King, it's just a bigger ant!"

"Still, caution is wise. This Sheep-Horned Demon Emperor's pressure is so much greater than the green-skinned one's. After the Heavenly King, every small step is a giant leap."

"Right, a Mid-Heavenly King has fifty thousand Qi-Blood more than Early Stage—even a casual blow is worlds apart."

Barto moved.

His black robes exploded under his raging demon energy. Amidst booming explosions and flames, a sheep-horned demon blazing with black fire appeared, wielding a Fiery Flame Whip.

"To have forced me to reveal my Flame Demon body, human, you should feel proud! Go to hell, little bug!"

Absolute power gave Barto immense confidence. As a Demon Emperor, even newly ascended to Middle Realm, his Qi-blood still surpassed a human's. He rapidly tapped his ten fingers—jets of black flame zigzagged in all directions, shooting too fast for Lu Chenzhou to dodge.

But he didn't need to dodge.

The Mystic Turtle became a Tai Chi Diagram, guarding him. All the jets were absorbed and neutralized by the Power of Rotation.

Barto's look turned cold.

"All defenses have limits. I don't believe this turtle shell can absorb energy forever."

Bzzz!

Barto poured out demon power.

He raised both arms, hands overlapping before his chest, palms forward. A jet of flame as thick as a giant pillar burst forth.

"Hell Breath!"

The beam split heaven and earth in two, dazzling light engulfing a hundred miles, leaving the Grandmasters unable to open their eyes.

"What's happening?"

"That strike's energy level is terrifying."

"Stronger than the Heavenly Demon in the cave."

"It must be pushing 1.8 million."

Wu Yun's pupils widened.

"So it's that move..."

Years ago, the moment Barto first entered the Middle Realm, he'd used this technique to run a careless Three Suns Palace Elder through.

Barto's Dao wasn't profound, just Penetration at an intermediate level, but he had refined it to the utmost: concentrating billions of units of demon power into a single laser.

Lu Chenzhou's eyes showed a trace of appreciation.

He even couldn't resist applauding.

"Not bad at all. Who knew Penetration Dao could be wielded like this? The Demon Race isn't all idiots."

He knew—the Tai Chi Diagram would not hold.

Crack—

The Tai Chi Diagram shattered on cue.

Mystic Turtle Spirit temporarily withdrew.

The residual jet shot at Lu Chenzhou's face, but halted three inches from him, blocked by an invisible barrier.

The aftermath subsided.

"'Mystic Turtle Sea Suppressing Fist' is only at Small Success. To face a Middle Realm Demon Emperor is tough. It had such force only because I merged in the Dao of Rotation."

For the past two years, he had focused on Opening the Acupoint and Breakthrough Realm. To bring both the turtle and dragon form fists to Small Success was already his limit.

His Dharma Form merely forcefully soldered together the Spirits from the four Phantom Boxing styles. The true complete Four Symbols Fist was still far ahead.

"..."

Barto was silent, cold sweat pouring.

That full-force strike, in his normal state, had only shattered a corner of the Dharma Form? Couldn't even break his body defense?

Was the intelligence from above wrong?

Is this really a newly advanced Sixth Realm?

Are you sure it's not Seventh Realm?

Lu Chenzhou remained still and said,

"Got any other moves? I just broke into the Sixth Realm, in a great mood—why not let you be my sparring partner."

Humiliation!

Barto's face turned even blacker.

Though of course, his skin was black by nature.

He stared at the domain Lu Chenzhou had set up over the mountain to protect the Grandmasters. His own demonic aura blazed higher and higher. An invisible wave swept out, forming a domain twenty kilometers across. Inside, ninety thousand black fire meteors, twined in Penetrating Dao Essence, fell from the heavens. Wherever the meteors landed, the continent's plates cracked, gouging hundreds of meters deep and unleashing apocalyptic blasts. An end-of-the-world vision unfolded.

Meteors fell like heaven's tears.

The earth's magma seemed to weep.

"Domain: Heaven Cries, Earth Weeps!"

Barto laughed madly, confidence restored.

"Human, you are indeed strong. But you underestimated me—gave me time to unleash my domain! Your domain is being used to protect your comrades—how will you block me yourself?"

Barto, like a world-ending Demon God, pressed both hands down.

Such power could be seen for ten thousand miles.

The Grandmasters huddled within the domain, instinctively trembling.

"That Demon Emperor actually comprehended a domain?"

"Too terrifying..."

Normally, Demon Emperors, lacking in Dao Enlightenment, fought largely by flesh and talent. Early and Mid-Stage Demon Emperors rarely possessed domains.

In the shadows, Wu Yun hadn't faced the Demon Emperor head-on, yet still sensed mortal danger. She had never heard of Barto wielding a domain—clearly, this was a trump card grasped in recent years.

She considered countless ways to resist.

At last, she could only shake her head helplessly.

"After this strike, my odds are one in ten thousand. Even if there were two of me, we'd still lose. With a domain, Barto now ranks in Corpse Palace's top ten, able to contend with even End Realm Demon Emperors."

Time passed.

The Heaven Cries, Earth Weeps Domain ground down everything within dozens of miles, flattening the earth by several meters. It became a searing hell.

As the smoke cleared,

The thousand-zhang Dharma Form was dissolving, pitted and scorched—besides the White Tiger, even the Grey Dragon and Phoenix had vanished.

No trace of Lu Chenzhou's figure remained.

Barto stood in the void, panting like an ox.

"So arrogant for a human. Hmph, I'd meant to save that move for the Fifth Elder of Three Suns Palace."

Barto looked to the Grandmasters.

"Now, it's your turn to die... Oh, and that rat hiding in the shadows."

He looked in Wu Yun's direction.

Wu Yun's body quivered. She struck first, drawing her longsword and slashing, the sword force suppressing the mountain peaks.

Barto shot out a punch.

The sword force shattered.

The aftermath forced Wu Yun back.

"Too weak."

Wu Yun's face flushed with shame.

She couldn't even handle a fatigued Barto.

She turned and ran, not even thinking of fighting further.

The current situation was beyond her capability.

Just then, from the high heavens, ten thousand beams of golden light pierced the cloud cover. A white-clad figure stood atop the battered Dharma Form, raising a Big Spear.

True Lunar Gang poured into the spear body.

Endless Penetrating Dao Essence swirled about.

The Blood Moon hung high in the heavens.

The tip of the spear flickered with a blue light, like a particle cannon charging up, humming endlessly as ripple after ripple of energy expanded out.

Martial God Spear—Thirteenth Form!

Heaven and Earth Piercing Strike!

A colossal blood-red pillar of light, ten miles long, spanned the world, pierced through the clouds, plunged deep into the earth. The force was so concentrated, no shockwave spread.

Only downward penetration.

Down,

Down,

Until Barto vanished from the human world.