The echoes of the voice still lingered.
Dongbo Xueying’s figure blurred as he once again employed the Void Demon Insect Movement Technique, soaring upward with his spear in hand to confront the master of the Demonheart Society.
“Come at me!” The Demonheart Society master, already seething with fury, unleashed his killing intent. Extending both palms, he sent endless waves of frigid energy surging toward Dongbo Xueying, freezing the surrounding space inch by inch. A layer of frost even condensed over his own body. This icy power… was far more domineering than that of the Bat Mountain Lord.
Before even making contact, Dongbo Xueying sensed danger—he couldn’t afford to be “frozen.” Instantly, he spun his spear.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
The spearhead whirled, conjuring swirling vortices as layers of rotating space rippled outward, each one mitigating the terrifying frost energy. This technique far surpassed the life-preserving method “Ten Thousand Realms Evasion” he had once created. Drawing upon the mysteries of *Boundless* and his current insights, he had devised this new spear art.
By the time the frost energy reached Dongbo Xueying, its power had been drastically weakened. Though still formidable, it was negligible to someone like him, who had tempered his body with Hunyuan energy and mastered the art of intangibility.
“What?!” The Demonheart Society master’s expression darkened. The Snow Eagle Divine Emperor was actually charging straight through his frost energy to close the distance.
“Whoosh!”
Dongbo Xueying thrust his spinning spear directly at the Demonheart Society master.
The master felt the void itself tremble and distort. A single thought flashed through his mind: *There’s no dodging this strike.* “And I won’t even try! Perish!” The Demonheart Society master’s fists erupted with destructive force, turning a dark crimson as they swelled to the size of small mountains, crashing toward the spearhead with earth-shaking momentum.
Dongbo Xueying was well aware of the master’s formidable physique—after all, he had shattered Junshan City’s defensive formation with a single punch that extended for miles.
But ever since his training in Junshan City, Dongbo Xueying had been itching to test his skills against a worthy opponent!
**BOOM!!!**
The spear clashed against the two mountainous fists.
“Hmm?” Dongbo Xueying’s expression shifted. An overwhelming force surged through the spear into his body. Even with his intangibility mitigating the impact, the force still struck him like a volcanic eruption, sending him flying backward hundreds of meters before he could stabilize himself.
His face twisted in discomfort as he spat out a mouthful of blood-tinged flames.
*My body is only at the early Divine Emperor level. Though my techniques amplify my power and exploit my enemies’ weaknesses, allowing me to easily slay opponents of the same tier, facing a mid-level Divine Emperor… even if his techniques are crude, his sheer force is enough to overwhelm me in a direct clash.*
Meanwhile, the Demonheart Society master, who had stood unmoved in midair, was also suffering. Dongbo Xueying’s spear strike was the same lethal technique he had used against the Gale Piercing Divine Emperor—it bypassed all defenses to deliver devastating internal vibrations. The shockwaves surged within the master’s body, growing in intensity before detonating at their peak.
Even the Gale Piercing Divine Emperor, with his centipede-like physique, had been torn apart from within.
The Demonheart Society master’s body was far sturdier, equally resilient inside and out. Yet the internal explosion still forced a mouthful of blood to his throat, which he forcibly swallowed.
*My Frost Armor didn’t even slow him down.* The master’s frost layer was his strongest defensive technique, yet it had been utterly useless against Dongbo Xueying’s strike. He was beginning to understand just how insidious and ruthless the techniques of an Ascender Divine Emperor could be.
“Again!” the Demonheart Society master roared as he charged.
“Again!” Dongbo Xueying met him head-on.
This time, however, Dongbo Xueying wasn’t foolish enough to engage in brute-force clashes. Utilizing his Void Demon Insect Movement Technique, his figure blurred as he circled the master with eerie precision, striking from all angles. He unleashed a barrage of Void Path techniques, probing for the most effective killing move. The Demonheart Society master fought back ferociously—with two of his Divine Emperors already dead, he couldn’t afford to retreat now.
**BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!**
The Demonheart Society master raged like a tempest, his chilling frost energy radiating outward while his limbs unleashed scorching, destructive force.
“Die!”
The master lost all restraint, swelling to a towering height of over ten miles, a colossus looming over the ant-like Dongbo Xueying. One palm blazed with frost, the other with searing flames. When his hands clapped together, the resulting shockwave rattled all of Junshan City. Desperation had driven him to this extreme—though his size amplified his power by half, his speed and agility suffered. But to secure victory, he was willing to try anything.
……
“This… this…”
The onlookers within the Yufeng Clan’s estate trembled as they watched the battle between the titanic Demonheart Society master and Dongbo Xueying, now raging beyond the estate’s defensive formation.
“Truly a force worthy of the Divine Emperor Rankings,” Yufeng Junshan murmured, awestruck. “Without the Snow Eagle Divine Emperor, even with the formation’s aid, I’d have fallen within moments under the old fiend’s assault.”
“This is Brother Xueying?” The Bat Mountain Lord paled. “I… I actually sent assassins after him?”
A cold sweat broke out on his back.
Thankfully, their later duel had been confined to the Yufeng Clan’s arena—a non-lethal spar. And he had apologized afterward!
*Damn that Tie Chengliu!* The Bat Mountain Lord cursed the deceased in his heart.
“Master Xueying…” Yufeng Jin gazed upward, then glanced at his younger sister beside him.
……
Elsewhere in Junshan City, some experts chose not to intervene, like the Tianxin Tower’s Master Xing or Chuanqing, the Divine Monarch of the Xuanhuo Army detachment.
They observed the battle from afar, watching the clash between the towering giant and the Snow Eagle Divine Emperor above the Yufeng estate.
“Brother Xueying possesses such strength? He’s not a Divine Monarch—he’s a Divine Emperor!” Chuanqing marveled. “Truly an Ascender Divine Emperor. Even with the Demonheart Society leader going all out, Brother Xueying isn’t at a disadvantage.”
Meanwhile, Master Xing of Tianxin Tower held a book that automatically recorded the battle’s every detail, both in imagery and text.
Tianxin Tower gathered intelligence from across the realms, compiling the Divine Emperor Rankings.
The Demonheart Society master was a ranked expert, making this battle crucial—it could shift the rankings.
“Who would’ve thought that someone like me, stationed in this remote backwater, would one day document a battle that could alter the Divine Emperor Rankings?” Master Xing muttered nervously as he scribbled his observations. “The Snow Eagle Divine Emperor’s movement technique is exceptional, far surpassing the Demonheart Society master’s. He controls the flow of battle with his profound techniques, yet he can’t decisively overcome his opponent. The master, though unleashing his full might, can’t land a single solid hit…”
The three surviving Divine Emperors of the Demonheart Society had retreated to their ship, watching the battle from above.
“That was close,” one muttered, exchanging uneasy glances with the others. They dared not intervene—their battle formations were useless against the Snow Eagle Divine Emperor’s attacks, which bypassed defenses to ravage the body from within.
……
The spectators held their breaths as the battle raged on.
But the Demonheart Society master was growing impatient.
“ROAR—!” The towering master opened his mouth, spewing forth a sphere of intertwined ice and fire.
Dongbo Xueying’s expression flickered as he swiftly retreated, his spear flicking outward.
An invisible ripple struck the ice-fire sphere from a distance—**BOOM!**—triggering a cataclysmic explosion.
“Useless! All of it!” the master fumed. “Even in this form, my enhanced attacks can’t touch him!”
Frustration gnawed at him. Dongbo Xueying was already slippery enough—now, enlarged, the master felt even more sluggish.
Dongbo Xueying, too, was inwardly grumbling. *It seems an early-stage Divine Emperor physique isn’t enough to defeat a mid-stage opponent.*
That made sense.
No one in the entire Divine Realm had ever accomplished such a feat!
Of course, he could always resort to his Illusory Realm techniques—but that wouldn’t reflect his Void Path prowess. Moreover, with so many powerful figures present, even if the Demonheart Society master was severely weakened by his illusions, he might not succumb entirely. If he remained conscious, he could spread word of Dongbo Xueying’s soul-based techniques.
Back in the Broken Tooth Mountain Range, his illusions had sent shockwaves through the entire realm.
In this world, if his soul arts were exposed, his peaceful days would be over. And with even stronger experts lurking, he preferred to keep them hidden for now.
“Whoosh.”
The Demonheart Society master abruptly shrank back to his original size.
Glaring at Yufeng Junshan in the distance, he sneered, “You got lucky this time, Yufeng Junshan. A Divine Emperor Ascender chose to aid you. But let’s see how long he’ll stay in this backwater to protect you!”
Yufeng Junshan’s heart clenched.
He was right.
A Divine Emperor Ascender of such caliber would never remain in a remote place like Junshan City forever.
“And you, Snow Eagle Divine Emperor.” The master turned to Dongbo Xueying with a cold laugh. “Fine. I can’t defeat you today, but this grudge is far from over. Remember that.”
With a final roar of anger, the master turned to leave.
“Leaving so soon?” Dongbo Xueying called out. “Running away already?”
“Running?!”
The master whirled back, livid. This battle had been entirely in his favor—only the Ascender’s evasiveness had prolonged it.
But then his face twisted in shock.
Dongbo Xueying’s aura was surging. Previously at the early Divine Emperor level, his arms now thickened, their surfaces sheathed in layers of black membrane. His presence grew wild and unstable, his physique now towering and imposing, his power eclipsing his earlier state.
*Was that not his full strength earlier?!* The Demonheart Society master’s heart lurched.
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