Chapter 272 - 181: Unifying the World and a New World
Chapter 272: Chapter 181: Unifying the World and a New World
This time, there was no Military Array—only a head-on slaughter.
Above Zhang Fan, the grand banner teetered precariously in the raging wind.
From his war chariot, he watched Lu Yuan draw ever closer. A hint of imperceptible panic touched his face, and he glanced nervously at the sky from time to time.
The dark clouds merely rumbled continuously, having no effect on the course of the battle.
Only the Sect Leader of the White Cloud Sect remained perfectly calm.
Just then, Lu Yuan finally closed in on Zhang Fan. Staring him down, he roared, "Your life is forfeit!"
With that, he leaped high into the air.
He charged toward Zhang Fan, intent on the kill.
A brilliant light shimmered on the Cyan Dragon Crescent Saber.
The cry of a dragon pulsed from it.
"Your opponent is me!"
A deep voice rang out from beside Zhang Fan. An old man with white hair and a white beard, clad in a Golden Silk Python Robe, hovered in midair.
In an instant, his palm swelled to a size of several dozen meters.
It shot toward Lu Yuan, trying to grab him.
"The Great Yu National Preceptor’s World in the Palm!" Xiao Lie roared from a distance upon seeing the attack.
The Great Yu National Preceptor’s Divine Technique was renowned as the greatest in the world.
He was also considered the number one expert in the Earth Immortal Realm.
He had never met his match.
The palm radiated a brilliant golden light, looking like a true giant’s hand with clearly defined lines. As it descended upon Lu Yuan, the air rippled, and white trails of distorted space spread in all directions.
A deafening whistle filled the air.
The Sect Leader of the White Cloud Sect also made his move. As the leader of the world’s foremost sect, his Divine Techniques were equally formidable. After taking a deep breath, a plume of cloud and mist erupted from his mouth and surged toward Lu Yuan, seeking to envelop him.
His Divine Technique was Swallowing Clouds and Spitting Smoke. Though it seemed to lack offensive power, it could block a person’s Divine Sense and all their physical senses.
Anyone trapped within would feel as if they had fallen into an alien world.
It was an extremely powerful technique.
Seeing this assault, Xiao Ku, Xiao Mie, and Xiao Li rushed toward Lu Yuan. He had been moving so fast during his earlier slaughter that they hadn’t been able to keep up.
Now, with some distance between them, they were too far away to provide support in time.
Xiao Ku yelled, "Prince Qin, fall back!"
He didn’t believe Lu Yuan could possibly withstand such a blow.
Even though Xiao Ku and the others had sensed on their way here that Lu Yuan had likely broken through to the Earth Immortal Realm, to face the world’s number one expert right after entering the realm was another matter entirely.
No one would think him a match for such an opponent.
But just as the words left his mouth...
Lu Yuan, at the center of the battlefield, shot upward. Then, before everyone’s incredulous eyes, he began to expand, instantly transforming into a twenty-meter-tall giant.
His massive thighs were like stone pillars.
He raised the equally massive Cyan Dragon Crescent Saber with both arms.
He swept it straight at the descending palm above him.
SHIIING!
The giant palm descending from the sky was sliced clean in two by the blade’s edge.
The Great Yu National Preceptor spat out a mouthful of blood. His Divine Technique had been broken, and he suffered from the backlash, his eyes filled with disbelief.
Lu Yuan raised his foot and stomped down hard.
BOOM!
The earth shook and the mountains swayed with him at the epicenter. Irregular cracks spiderwebbed out from beneath his feet.
They spread rapidly in all directions.
With that single stomp, the cloud and mist permeating the area instantly vanished.
Under the power of Dharma Heaven and Earth, brute force shatters all techniques.
Who could possibly contend with such power?
The Sect Leader of the White Cloud Sect collapsed, his physical body cracking apart.
He hastily swallowed an Elixir, which finally halted the feeling of his body breaking apart.
Lu Yuan’s strike had shaken the world, but his movements didn’t pause for an instant. The saber’s edge swung toward Zhang Fan.
Before this attack, Zhang Fan was like an infant facing a grown man.
RUMBLE!
Lightning flashed across the sky but refused to strike.
CRUNCH!
The now thirty-meter-long war saber crashed down, smashing violently onto Zhang Fan’s head.
In an instant, he was obliterated into a pile of gore.
Lu Yuan threw a punch with his left fist, and the grand banner before him snapped in an instant.
At that moment, the last shred of Great Yu’s morale completely shattered.
Even their generals turned and fled.
The Renowned General, Hong Tao, even fell to his knees in surrender.
He knew that the last pocket of resistance against Great Qin had, in that moment, been utterly extinguished.
With Zhang Fan dead, who could possibly stand against the Prince Qin’s assault?
Lu Yuan’s body returned to its normal size.
At some point, the dark clouds in the sky had dispersed.
The battle, which had lasted only half a day, ended in a decisive victory for Great Qin.
Of the allied army’s remaining forces, some surrendered, and the rest fled.
「Meanwhile, in a Celestial Palace on a boundless, ancient continent.」
A figure in white hurried into the grand Celestial Hall, looked toward the personage on the high seat, and said, "Emperor, the aura of the one who has mastered the Dharma Heaven and Earth Divine Techniques has appeared again. However, the distance is too great. Moreover, the world they inhabit seems to have been disconnected from our great world. Therefore, we cannot investigate."
"Let it be," the Emperor sighed from his high seat. "Perhaps this is the fate of our Human Race. There is no need to search any longer."
The white-robed Celestial Official below spoke cautiously, "Your Majesty, in recent years, more and more of the lesser worlds have lost contact with our main branch..."
"I am aware," the Emperor replied. "The living space of the Human Race is being continually compressed. It was only a matter of time before it affected the lower worlds."
After speaking, the Emperor sighed and waved a hand, dismissing the Celestial Official.
The official acknowledged the command and retreated with caution.
He then ordered his subordinates to cease their search for the genius who possessed the Dharma Heaven and Earth Divine Techniques.
It wasn’t that they were unwilling to continue the search, but that they no longer had the resources or energy to spare.
「In Great Qin’s Chaotian Hall.」
Cheers erupted.
At this, Xiao Hua finally said softly, "Mother, Yuan actually reached the summit back then, too. We were just afraid the news would leak and arouse the other Imperial Dynasties’ vigilance, so we never spoke of it."
Her mother was startled at first, then nodded with a light smile. "You did the right thing. I understand."