On the barren land, Emperor Wu looked at Lu Yin and released the battle intent he had been suppressing. A terrifying aura soared into the sky, turning into a shockwave that distorted the void and tore it apart.
"Looks like you've been suppressing it for a long time," Lu Yin said.
His finger moved, and his aura soared into the sky like a giant beast that had been released. It clashed with Emperor Wu's aura.
They hadn't even attacked yet, but the two auras had already overturned the Fu River and spread to both sides.
The shockwave caused space to become heavy, and it turned into a gale that swept past. Many cultivators felt their aura flow backwards, and they almost couldn't breathe.
More and more cultivators retreated.
They had thought that they were far enough away, but now they realized that they were still too close.
They hadn't even started fighting, and their auras had already spread to a safe distance. Once they started fighting, who would be able to withstand it?
Many cultivators retreated.
The Fu River's water turned into raindrops that fell to the ground. They were like rainbow-colored treasures that adorned the sky.
Emperor Wu's lips curled up. "I've been suppressing it for a long time. Everyone says that you're second only to Yu Sang Tian. I'll defeat you in this battle, and I'll defeat Yu Sang Tian in the next battle."
Lu Yin raised his brows. "You're really confident. It looks like my guess was right. You delayed until now not because you're afraid of me, but because you need to delay for something."
Emperor Wu didn't refute. "A battle technique."
"Interesting."
Lu Yin's expression turned serious. Even with Emperor Wu's strength, there was still a battle technique that required him to delay until now. This battle technique had to be extremely powerful, to the point that Emperor Wu believed that he could defeat both Lu Yin and Yu Sang Tian.
If this had been before he had merged with Inaction, Lu Yin wouldn't have thought that Yu Sang Tian would be difficult to defeat. After all, Yu Sang Tian wasn't an Eternal Realm cultivator. He was just like Emperor Wu.
Since they were on the same level, why couldn't he defeat Yu Sang Tian?
But now, Lu Yin didn't think that anyone in the three universes could defeat Yu Sang Tian. Yu Sang Tian was too invincible, and just like how the spiritualized universe couldn't see Lu Yin's bottom line, how could Lu Yin fight Yu Sang Tian, who had no bottom line?
The spiritualized universe's feelings towards Lu Yin were the same as Lu Yin's feelings towards Yu Sang Tian.
It was an unpleasant feeling.
It was no wonder that the spiritualized universe kept trying to find out his bottom line.
In the distance, in the eyes of all the cultivators, the two auras were like two monsters that occupied the starry sky and split the universe into two. It was so oppressive that it was difficult to breathe.
No one dared to approach, no one dared to touch.
Suddenly, the aura disappeared.
Many cultivators narrowed their eyes. They were here.
Bang
A loud sound rang out, causing many cultivators to cover their ears and wail silently. This loud sound came too suddenly, and the burst of power caused their bodies to resist. This resistance formed a reverse impact in their bodies, causing them to bleed from their seven orifices and their internal organs to rupture.
"Those whose cultivation levels are lower than the Spirit Ancestor's, step back. Don't court death. Some battles aren't something you can watch just because you want to. You can't even listen to them!" someone shouted.
The cultivators retreated like the tide.
On the wildlands, Lu Yin and Emperor Wuhuang's fists collided. A loud explosion caused the surroundings to sink into darkness. Emperor Wuhuang's eyes narrowed as his fist continued to crack. His body suddenly transformed; he could not wait any longer. This person was not the toad or the Desolate God, nor was he the old salamander. He was a powerhouse with unparalleled strength.
Emperor Wuhuang had single-handedly received a full-powered strike from the star toad's steel trident, suppressing the Desolate God in his human form. If not for the Primogenitor allowing the Desolate God to regain the glory of the Great Desolate Scorching Skybeast, the Desolate God would not even have been able to force Emperor Wuhuang into his beast form.
However, even this strength could not withstand a single punch from Lu Yin.
Emperor Wuhuang did not hesitate to transform into his beast form. He was ten meters tall and had a vertical red line on his face that resembled a tear of blood. This was Emperor Wuhuang, and this was Hou.
His body's transformation caused his fist to grow larger and more powerful as he punched down at Lu Yin.
Lu Yin waved his hand and released the starry sky from his heart. Boundless power circulated as his Palm Realm battle force spread out. He took a step forward and punched out with his right fist.
Bang!
Another loud explosion rang out as the endless starry sky shattered. Shockwaves of power spread out in all directions, twisting and tearing apart everything in its path. The entire sky trembled.
Beneath his feet, the wild land shattered.
Emperor Wuhuang retreated once more. Although he did not have eyes, Lu Yin could still sense his shock.
In this state, Emperor Wuhuang believed that he had surpassed all spiritualized lifeforms in the universe and stood at the peak of strength. His strength alone was enough to beat the other Sang Tiantians to a pulp, but he had still been suppressed. Lu Yin's strength was constantly refreshing his knowledge.
"That's it?" Lu Yin used the Reverse Step to parallel time and instantly appeared in front of Emperor Wu, kicking out with a single kick.
His movements were as smooth as flowing water, exactly the same as when he had destroyed Emperor Wuhuang.
However, Emperor Wuhuang was not the same as Lu Yin. He opened his hand and sent a serrated blade towards Lu Yin. The serrated blade was enormous, and its range was large enough that Lu Yin could not kick Emperor Wuhuang. Lu Yin dodged and looked at the serrated blade in front of him. He then turned around and kicked out. Bang! The serrated blade twisted as Emperor Wuhuang reached out from behind it and grabbed Lu Yin's leg, wanting to throw him to the ground.
However, he realized that he could not move Lu Yin at all.
Lu Yin's gaze was piercingly cold as he turned around and sent Emperor Wuhuang flying with a tremendous force.
This was a contest of pure strength, and all the cultivators were dumbfounded. Emperor Wuhuang had lost in terms of strength.
He could not even gain the slightest advantage.
Dancing Butterfly Horizon and the rest were stunned. Even though they knew that Lu Yin was strong, Emperor Wuhuang had been suppressed to the point that he could not do anything. This was Emperor Wuhuang, a powerhouse that was publicly recognized as second only to Yu Sang Tian in the spiritualized universe.
On the wild land, Emperor Wuhuang landed on the ground. Lu Yin punched out, and his body began to wither.
Emperor Wuhuang sighed. His strength alone was not this human's match, but he was Emperor Wuhuang, and he had inherited the foundation of the beast-shaped spirit molt inheritance — Sealing the Heavens.
Yellow lightning suddenly appeared and spread throughout Emperor Wuhuang's body.
In the distance, Nine-Tailed Fox and the rest were shocked. Emperor Wuhuang had finally used the foundation of the Sealing the Heavens array.
Just how much pressure was Emperor Wuhuang under to force him to use the foundation of the sequence so quickly?
Across from him, Dancing Butterfly Horizon and the rest exchanged glances. He had used the foundation of the sequence so quickly?
Logically speaking, the foundation of the sequence should be a trump card. Could it be that Emperor Wuhuang had reached his limit?
The yellow lightning continued to penetrate Emperor Wuhuang's body, bringing with it a visible shockwave that continued to spread out along with a boundless amount of sequence particles.
Lu Yin punched out, but he did not hit Emperor Wuhuang. Instead, he hit the shockwave that came from the foundation of the Sealing the Heavens array and the boundless amount of sequence particles. It was like a wall that blocked Lu Yin's punch.
Emperor Wuhuang looked up and clenched his fist. An endless amount of sequence particles condensed into a beam of light as he punched out.
Lu Yin heard cries of alarm, and someone was telling him to retreat.
He would have retreated even without the reminder. Emperor Wuhuang's punch made him feel like he was facing the One True God. This punch had surpassed his own strength.
Among the three universes, Yu Sang Tian had once been the One True God, and now, Emperor Wuhuang had also surpassed him.
Although Emperor Wuhuang had relied on the foundation of the sequence to surpass Lu Yin, external objects were still a type of power.
Emperor Wuhuang's punch brushed past Lu Yin's head, blasting away a part of the heavens. The darkness that spread out shocked everyone.
At this moment, no one dared to make a sound.
They looked at the darkness that seemed to split the universe in two and could not understand how such a power could exist in the universe.
What they wanted to know the most was why Emperor Wuhuang was delaying this battle.
With the foundation of the Sealing the Heavens array, he should have been able to defeat Wuhuang back in the Myriad Beast Territory.
Emperor Wuhuang had never used the foundation of the Sealing the Heavens array, even when he had fought the three Sang Tians. He had relied on his own strength and absolute defense.
His pride did not allow him to use the foundation of the Sealing the Heavens array. After all, it had been created by generations of spirit-molting beasts, and it was someone else's power.
However, he had no choice but to use it against Lu Yin, both to deal with Lu Yin and to show Yu Sang Tian.
In the next battle, he would fight Yu Sang Tian.
He wanted the spirit-molting beasts to completely suppress the spirit-molting humans and bring about changes to the spiritualized universe. As for the Tian Yuan Universe, it was nothing more than a passing target.
The ground beneath his feet cracked, and Emperor Wuhuang retracted his hand. It was a pity; if he had not brought Sealing Sky to the consciousness universe, that generation's Border Master would not have died here.
The strongest spirit-molting beasts had died here, and he was also the Border Master of the Myriad Beast Territory. That battle had brought shame to the spirit-molting beasts, and at that time, Sealing Sky had been given to Emperor Wuhuang to protect himself in the consciousness universe. If not for that, Emperor Wuhuang would not have lost so miserably.
Emperor Wuhuang was delaying this battle not only to deal with Lu Yin, but also for Yu Sang Tian.
Sealing Sky was enough to suppress Lu Yin, and Emperor Wuhuang's perfected battle technique was to fight against Yu Sang Tian.
This was because the one who had killed that generation's Border Master was the current Yu Sang Tian.
The world only knew of this legend and exaggerated the death of the spirit-molting beasts, but they had forgotten who the other person was. Emperor Wuhuang would never forget.
The darkness in the distance gradually returned.
Yellow lightning crackled on the surface of Emperor Wuhuang's body, and his power continued to spread as he stared at Lu Yin.
Lu Yin looked deeply at the yellow triangular gem on Emperor Wuhuang's body, "Is that the foundation of the Sealing the Heavens array?"
"Can you withstand this power?" Emperor Wuhuang barked, his tone domineering.
Lu Yin sighed in admiration, "As expected of the second-ranked foundation. You spirit-molting beasts have been trying to surpass humanoid spirit-molting beasts for a long time. You must have paid a great price for this foundation."
"I admit that I've lost in terms of strength, but strength is not the only thing that matters in battle."
Emperor Wuhuang clenched his fists. "When strength reaches a certain level, it can destroy everything."
"Then come and try." Sourcebox array after sourcebox array appeared in Lu Yin's heart and blasted towards Emperor Wuhuang.
The Ancient Sword, Tomb of Mountains and Rivers, Scroll 16. These sourcebox arrays rained down like raindrops.
Emperor Wuhuang was stunned, as he had never thought that sourcebox arrays could be used in such a manner. He had seen the Plain Master Sect's battle, and they had only used the Ancient Sword.
But so what if there were more?
Emperor Wuhuang casually waved his hand, and a terrifying power wiped out everything in its path, destroying all of the sourcebox arrays that he had released.