“Impressive.” Although Dongbo Xueying held the upper hand, he couldn’t help but feel the sheer terror of the Iron Dragon City Lord. Despite the opponent’s crude combat techniques and drastically diminished power output, Dongbo’s own profound skills allowed him to evade every attack effortlessly. He was completely dominating the fight, striking at will!
But…
“His body is just too formidable.” Dongbo Xueying drew the sharp sword from his back. With a flash of steel, he slashed at the Iron Dragon City Lord’s neck—only to find three layers of protective energy shielding the scales. The outermost layer even caused the surrounding void to collapse incessantly. Dongbo could only rely on techniques that bypassed external defenses to infiltrate the enemy’s body, utterly incapable of leaving even a scratch on those scales.
*Clang! Clang! Clang!* Each collision between his divine sword and the three invisible layers of force sent tremors through the blade.
“Just his defensive aura alone could grievously wound a late-stage Divine Emperor. Good thing I’m not engaging him head-on,” Dongbo Xueying mused silently.
No matter how he attacked—whether with his sword or palm—each Void Dao killing technique sent the Iron Dragon City Lord staggering or even flying backward. Yet, the City Lord remained unscathed, not a single scratch on his skin. Even his internal organs were absurdly resilient, far beyond Dongbo’s ability to harm.
…
Dongbo Xueying felt he “couldn’t hurt” his opponent.
But the Iron Dragon City Lord was the one truly suffering.
His soul was being dragged into a vast illusory world, forcing him to resist with every ounce of his will just to maintain enough focus to fight. Meanwhile, the white-robed man before him wielded techniques so profound that the City Lord seethed: *”Damn it! If I could fight at full strength, I could dismantle every one of his moves! But now… why does my body feel so heavy? Every movement is a struggle!”*
His body moved like a sluggish mountain, unbearably clumsy.
After all this fighting, he hadn’t landed a single solid hit on Dongbo Xueying!
“Completely toyed with!”
“Even with the formation’s support, I’m still being played.” The Iron Dragon City Lord was both humiliated and shocked—shocked by the sheer terror of his opponent’s soul techniques! As for close combat? He wasn’t worried. Though he appeared to be at a disadvantage, it was only because he was being pummeled like a “punching bag.” In truth, his opponent hadn’t even breached his most basic defensive layers.
The Iron Dragon City Lord was renowned as the second-strongest in direct combat across the Divine Realm—all thanks to his monstrously powerful body. Though his mind was compromised, his physical strength remained undiminished.
“Truly worthy of the Iron Dragon City Lord. I salute you.” Dongbo Xueying suddenly retreated with a smile, waving his hand to open a black rift beside him. “Farewell.”
With a single step, he vanished into the rift.
Only when the soul-dragging illusion dissipated did the Iron Dragon City Lord regain full clarity. Staring at the closing rift, he muttered, *”Ultra-long-range teleportation? Such terrifying soul techniques… and now this?”*
An enemy like this was a nightmare.
With ultra-long-range teleportation, he could appear anywhere—even right inside the City Lord’s manor. A single soul technique could ensnare everyone within, leaving only the City Lord himself to resist.
*”Even I had to dedicate most of my will just to hold on. If his soul techniques were even slightly stronger… I might have been completely dragged into that illusion.”* The thought sent a chill down his spine. If his soul had succumbed, his eons of cultivation and invincible physique would have been rendered utterly useless.
*”The soul is the true foundation.”*
*”Since when did the Divine Realm produce such a monstrous soul master? If he improves further, he could sweep through all Divine Emperors with soul techniques alone.”* The Iron Dragon City Lord shuddered.
Even now, this man’s strength was already on par with his own!
Surveying the wreckage of the courtyard—shattered walls from his own collisions—the City Lord waved his hand, summoning his eldest son, Iron Dragon Yunshan. Clad in black robes, Yunshan took in the devastation, the activated formation pulsing overhead.
“Father, did you capture him?” Yunshan asked eagerly.
“Capture?” The City Lord shot him a cold glare. “Tell me—who is he? How did you meet him? Explain everything, from the beginning.”
Under his father’s icy gaze, Yunshan trembled and obeyed. “Yesterday, a Divine Emperor calling himself ‘Qingyun’ came to me, wanting to buy that Void Dao Hunyuan lifeform corpse…” He recounted the events in detail, omitting nothing.
“…I thought, within Iron Dragon City, I could even challenge a peak Divine Emperor, let alone with you here. And he foolishly handed over the treasures upfront, so I… kept them.”
“And this is the result!”
The Iron Dragon City Lord listened in disbelief. His son had outright stolen from a man who came to trade in good faith.
*”You’re the fool here!”* Fuming, the City Lord could barely speak. From the sound of it, this “Qingyun Divine Emperor” was remarkably patient—not the ruthless, selfish type. A truly vicious expert would have simply killed and looted from the start.
“I was a fool, but Father… where is he now?” Yunshan pressed.
“Your father nearly fell to him,” the City Lord said coldly. “Even at my full strength, I was at a disadvantage.”
“Disadvantage?” Yunshan was stunned.
“He left via ultra-long-range teleportation.” The City Lord’s voice was icy. “Such terrifying power, such dreadful soul techniques, and now this… I almost admire you for provoking someone like this.”
“Father, I was wrong, I admit it!” Yunshan pleaded. He had thought himself infallible—who could have predicted such a monster?
“Remember this: not a word of today leaves these walls. All information about ‘Qingyun Divine Emperor’ stays sealed.”
“Of course, Father! Our family suffered enough—I lost all my treasures! Why would I spread this? Hmph. Sooner or later, others will fall to him too.”
The City Lord glared. “Not just your treasures. To save your life, I paid 100,000 Hunyuan Jades.”
“What?!” Yunshan paled.
*This loss is catastrophic!*
He’d already woken to find himself stripped of possessions. Now, his father had been extorted too.
*”If only I’d just traded fairly…”* Regret gnawed at him.
“Consider yourself lucky to be alive. A crueler man would have killed you for such deceit.”
Yunshan nodded hastily.
Indeed, someone who could overpower his father had no reason to fear Iron Dragon City.
…
Though this battle represented a clash between two supreme experts of this world, the Iron Dragon City Lord kept it utterly secret. During the fight, he had manipulated the formation to isolate the area, ensuring no one else in the manor witnessed it. The moment the enemy captured his son, he knew—this foe was beyond terrifying.
Not every battle of this caliber was meant to be publicized. Especially when the “Qingyun Divine Emperor” was likely operating under a false identity.
…
Dongbo Xueying returned to Junshan City.
This fight had clarified his limits. Though his Void Dao prowess at the mid-stage Divine Emperor level could rival late-stage experts, his raw offensive power was lacking. Against a peak Divine Emperor—even one severely weakened—he couldn’t so much as scratch them.
Of course, his third-tier Illusory World technique was monstrous. It had reduced the Iron Dragon City Lord to a pitiful state, allowing Dongbo to toy with him effortlessly.
*”If I advance my Illusory World further… even peak Divine Emperors won’t withstand its power. I could dominate all beneath the Hunyuan level!”*
He burned with anticipation. The ultimate Illusory World was within reach!
*”And my Void Dao needs refinement too.”*
Both paths would progress together.
With the Void Dao Hunyuan lifeform corpse now in his possession, Dongbo Xueying looked forward to the coming years with fervor.
…
Time flowed like a river.
Though the three peak Divine Emperors—Iron Dragon City Lord, Cloud Phoenix City Lord, and Fire Phoenix Divine Emperor—had learned of a terrifying soul master’s emergence, their hopes of seeing him act again were met with disappointment. Dongbo Xueying had no interest in further conflicts. His obsession now was the study of that Void Dao corpse.
Three hundred billion years passed in the blink of an eye. New powers rose in this world, yet the pinnacle remained unchanged—the peak Divine Emperors still stood unshaken.
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