Chapter 173: The Will of Heaven and Earth
Chapter 173: The Will of Heaven and Earth
Lu Hangzhi, the Commander recognized by all cultivators at Two Realms Mountain, stood at the frontline of the Sky Passage. His every move captured everyone’s attention!
The Codex of Time suddenly emitted a faint glow. The scene of one person and one book immersed in the River of Time instantly drew everyone’s focus.
Even the Great Fiend King suddenly stared over. His cold, fierce eyes were filled with hesitation and suspicion.
The Codex of Time was surrounded by a mysterious Temporal Law power.
Under the faint glow, Lu Hangzhi’s robes fluttered without wind. His cultivation aura continuously rose…
“Mortal Shedding Realm?”
The Great Fiend King’s eyes widened in disbelief.
The person who had personally destroyed four of his clones and thwarted the momentum his ghost-faced clone brought to the human cultivators at Two Realms Mountain was actually just an ant whose cultivation had barely reached the thirteenth level of the Mortal Shedding Realm.
Black flames surged.
The Great Fiend King’s eyes blazed with fury. He could no longer remain calm and roared:
“Human!”
“This king has changed his mind!”
“If you are willing to submit, this king will not annihilate the human race. I can even hand over the Barbarian Continent for you to rule…”
As these words were spoken, tens of thousands of human cultivators at Two Realms Mountain were shocked.
Immortal Lord Yuding and the others also showed surprise and thoughtful expressions.
“Don’t even think about it!” Among the crowd, only Situ’s face turned cold. He saw through the Great Fiend King’s hidden malicious intent. “Hangzhi is a human cultivator. He would never become a servant of a demonic fiend and help you enslave the human race. Keep your evil thoughts to yourself.”
“Hmph!”
“If you refuse, this king won’t mind personally snuffing out a talented human for my master.”
The Great Fiend King’s tone turned sharply cold. His murderous intent was palpable as he spoke word by word:
“You, think carefully.”
Lu Hangzhi heard the conversation between the Great Fiend King and Situ. He smiled slightly but did not speak. Instead, he continued to absorb the Life Essence feedback from the Codex of Time.
So much!
His guess was correct.
The Codex of Time had long stored enough Life Essence for him to break through, but it had held back from providing feedback.
Now, the Life Essence kept flowing back continuously. His cultivation had reached a bottleneck, directly filling up to the Great Perfection of the thirteenth level of the Mortal Shedding Realm.
His aura became smooth!
His state reached perfection!
Excess Magic Power and Life Essence began to spill out.
This was a treasure—it couldn’t be wasted!
Ignoring the Great Fiend King advancing further in the Sky Passage, Lu Hangzhi waved his hand and cast the Revitalization Technique. A huge, slowly rotating Spiritual Energy Vortex formed…
The Life Essence leaking from the Codex of Time was far purer and more powerful than ordinary Magic Power. Once the Spiritual Vortex Storm took shape, it immediately expanded to a diameter of over a hundred meters. The golden Spiritual Vortex Storm appeared before everyone like a small sun and continued to grow.
Boom!
As the golden Spiritual Vortex Storm formed wildly, a massive cloud vortex also appeared near the Sky Passage…
The cloud vortex emerged very suddenly!
It seemed as if it had existed there since ancient times, radiating a sacred and inviolable aura. It kept expanding, and the clouds grew thicker, as though something was emerging from the center of the vortex.
Tens of thousands of cultivators at Two Realms Mountain raised their heads and held their breaths.
However,
the Great Fiend King seemed unaware of everything happening on the Barbarian Continent. His gaze was fixed on Lu Hangzhi and the astonishingly large golden Spiritual Vortex Storm around him.
“The Fiend Race will soon become the master of all realms!”
“As a servant of the master of all realms, ruling over a realm of humans is nothing shameful.”
“If you insist on becoming a stumbling block to the Fiend Race’s dominion over all realms, I won’t mind skinning you, breaking your bones, and digesting you in my stomach.” The Great Fiend King bared his fangs and threatened openly.
Lu Hangzhi remained unmoved.
He stood tall in the void.
To his left was the Sky Passage;
to his right was the dark cloud vortex emitting an ancient aura.
Lu Hangzhi stared at the ever-growing dark cloud vortex, whose presence grew more intimidating. He felt the Law Power continuously extending from within and murmured:
“Is this the legendary Heavenly Tribulation?”
“It truly is spectacular!”
“Heavenly Tribulation?”
Immortal Lord Yuding was right behind him. Hearing this, he took a few more glances at the dark cloud vortex.
“You mean this Heavenly Tribulation was summoned by you?”
“Isn’t this something that only appears when breaking through to the Mystic Light, comprehending Creation, or shattering the void? Why is it appearing now?”
Immortal Lord Yuding was puzzled.
The group of Immortal Lords behind him were also confused.
Lu Hangzhi smiled bitterly.
He really didn’t want to discourage the cultivators of the Barbarian Continent at this moment.
He didn’t want to tell them, as the Great Fiend King’s army approached, that there was a fatal flaw in the Barbarian Continent’s cultivation methods.
At that moment,
Situ spoke:
“On our Green Maple Continent, those with exceptional talent undergo the Heavenly Tribulation when breaking through the Mystic Light of Life and Death. It cleanses the marrow, refines the body, helps comprehend the Laws, expands the spiritual pool, and extends lifespan.”
“So that’s how it is.”
Immortal Lord Yuding and the others immediately understood and sighed with emotion.
However, Lu Hangzhi could tell that Situ’s words were half-true and half-false, also meant to avoid crushing everyone’s morale at this critical time. He felt grateful.
…
Boom!!
Faint flashes of lightning began to appear in the dark cloud vortex, accompanied by rumbling sounds, creating a tense atmosphere as if a storm was approaching.
At that moment, the Great Fiend King seemed to finally notice the anomaly in the sky above Two Realms Mountain. He rarely showed a trace of urgency, anger, and panic:
“You dare to communicate with the will of the Upper Realm’s heaven and earth!”
“You are seeking death!”
After saying this, he suddenly accelerated toward the Sky Passage, recklessly charging at the Spatial Rift Formation, which was on high alert.
The Great Fiend King’s words, however, reminded Situ and Immortal Lord Yuding.
Their eyes lit up!
They quickly glanced at the Codex of Time, as if suddenly understanding the deeper intention behind its actions.
“At all costs, stop the Great Fiend King!”
“Protect Commander Lu at all costs!”
“Stop the Great Fiend King!!!”
Over a dozen Immortal Lord Xuan Guang realized something at the same moment. They unleashed their full auras without holding back, surrounding Lu Hangzhi.
“Insignificant ants!”
“All of you, die!!”
The Great Fiend King was desperate to block the descent of the Upper Realm’s will. He could no longer wait for the Blood Demon Legion behind him. Hundreds of black flame arrows blotted out the sky as they shot towards the Spatial Rift Formation. In one go, he extinguished all the Spatial Fissures and flashed into the air above Two Realms Mountain.
Finally…
It still came!
Lu Hangzhi sighed inwardly and was the first to act.
Even though the Heavenly Tribulation was imminent, it did not mean he would not strike.
“Meow!”
The Mirror Spirit Cat and Situ attacked simultaneously.
Sound Wave Law.
Soul Capture!
The Great Fiend King smirked contemptuously. With a single glance, he shattered the Mirror Spirit Cat’s Void Soul Capture. At the same time, black flames enveloped his body, blocking the Sound Wave Law.
Lu Hangzhi’s Golden Greatsword Energy and Epoch Sword Qi followed closely behind.
Seeing the simultaneous failure of the Mirror Spirit Cat’s and Situ’s control attempts, Lu Hangzhi frowned. He steeled himself and pressed forward relentlessly.
At that moment.
An unfamiliar furious roar sounded beside his ear:
“Diamond Subduing Demon Scroll!”
“Take this!”
Before the voice faded, a scroll covered in Sanskrit characters materialized above the Great Fiend King’s head. It unfurled abruptly…
It was completely different from the previous Diamond Subduing Demon Scroll.
The unfurling scroll no longer bore ordinary Sanskrit script. Instead, after suddenly expanding, each Sanskrit character seemed to transform into a statue of a Vajra deity. Each held Buddhist hand seals and different Magical Artifacts. Their wrathful Vajra expressions showed both fury and compassion. They emerged incessantly, swarming around the Great Fiend King as the scripture unfurled.
The Buddhist scripture unfolded, encircling the Great Fiend King.
Countless wrathful Vajra deities chanted sutras like heavenly soldiers, restraining the Great Fiend King.
Despite being at the Creation Realm, the Great Fiend King was suddenly enveloped and surrounded by countless wrathful Vajras. The sutras filled his ears, making him feel as if he were in a Buddhist paradise. For a moment, his limbs stiffened, and he was both shocked and enraged.
The Golden Greatsword Energy happened to arrive at that exact moment!
Boom!!
The arrogantly flickering black flames around the Great Fiend King’s body were shattered into disarray. His rainbow armor flashed violently, its glow dimming considerably.
Simultaneously.
Forty-nine strands of Arcane Light Sword Aura descended from the sky.
They avoided the Buddhist Vajras, specifically targeting the parts of his body not covered by the rainbow armor.
Instantly, they completely sliced away the black flames on the Great Fiend King’s body, leaving over twenty sword wounds.
“Well done!!”
Seeing Lu Hangzhi and Buming coordinate so effectively, everyone’s morale soared. Attacks followed one after another:
A seven-story pagoda suddenly appeared.
A ten-mile-long river materialized above the Great Fiend King!
Immortal Lord Yuding and Immortal Lord Jiuzao both made their moves.
The Mirror Spirit Cat and Situ attacked again!
The Great Fiend King had not expected that the deceased Buddhist Sect expert would have a successor. This person forcibly summoned all the Vajras and Arhats from the Buddhist paradise in one move. Caught off guard, he suffered a major setback. His Black Flame Law was broken, and his rainbow armor was frequently hit, its glow continuously dimming.
Most critically…
Although the power of these Laws wasn’t particularly high in damage, they were uniformly focused on control.
Immortal Lord Yuding’s suppression.
Immortal Lord Jiuzao’s celestial river.
Situ’s Sound Wave Law.
The Mirror Spirit Cat’s Soul Capture.
Art Techniques came one after another, giving him no chance to regain his senses or break free.
In just a few short breaths, his body bore hundreds of wounds from the Epoch Sword Qi. Simultaneously, his rainbow armor was struck by the Golden Greatsword Energy infused with Space Law power, its protective light completely extinguished. Hundreds of festering wounds covered his entire body, rapidly corroding his true form.
In his fury, the latter spat a mouthful of Essential Blood into the void.
Golden Cicada Molting!
At the brink of life and death, the Great Fiend King readily activated his second Bloodline Talent. He forcibly abandoned the body he had tempered for centuries, discarding the nearly hopeless shell. He quickly condensed a new blood form nearby, similar to an Elite Blood Fiend. His aura also dropped to the Mystic Light Great Perfection level.
However.
That brief moment was enough for him to cast his technique and flee a thousand miles, far away from Two Realms Mountain.
Yet…
Right at that moment.
From the black cloud vortex, a subtle will descended upon the Barbarian Continent’s Two Realms Mountain. As fate would have it, it enveloped the Great Fiend King’s newly formed body.
Boom!!!
The will arrived!
The powerful heavenly will instantly sealed the Great Fiend King’s limbs and Law Power.
His face turned pale, inwardly cursing incessantly, terrified beyond measure.
In truth, from the moment he spat his Essential Blood to activate his second Bloodline Talent until his new body took shape, it had only been a thousandth of a second. The group of Cultivators on the Barbarian Continent simply couldn’t react fast enough to intercept.
If he had just a little time to recover his strength—or even if he didn’t—picking them off one by one, the Barbarian Continent would soon fall under his control.
But…
He just happened to encounter the descent of the heavenly will.
The Great Fiend King struggled desperately!
But the next second, he saw several dozen strands of Epoch Sword Qi change direction. They directly slashed his new body into a mangled mess. Lacking the protection of Law Power, his body was directly eroded by the Power of Years, burning fiercely.
One large, one small; one new, one old. The Great Fiend King’s two forms burned fiercely in the void, growing smaller and smaller…
The Great Fiend King.
Green Flood Dragon.
Fell!